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lj Ay VOLUME XLIV. COLUMBUS, OHIO, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 1, 1853. NUMBER 10 lUcckln Oljio State lounial 18 PUII.IPIIKD AT COLUMBUS EVERT TUESDAY H0Rm.NO, Bf BCOn BASCOM, tOnVAL lUILDIffH, mqil AND PtlU RTUlIt BmUMDI OH USB- TERMS Invariant in admita: In Corambua, i20O.r.v; V) mail, 1 GO; oliitMol four and Qpmnls. ,1.2b i often Mill up-arj, l.0O. Till', 1IAII.T JOUIINAI, U furnMiol to eltj inhKribm at WOO, nil t,y mall at A'i.IK) a year. TUH TK1-H KKKI.V JOURNAL U (3.00 Jr. ItA TE8 OFADVKR TWIN fTTiv THE WEEELY JOURNAL plaqaarw, Kaquam, S nittara. column, M aolutun, i aoiumn, llnllln .a.nl.n f 0 t I 8 K), 7C1 00 1 261 75a 253 W4 01)6 006 60S 00 761201763 1163 604 0116 008 003 1X1111. 10. 1 00 1 76 2 269 604 606 00.3 60 8 0011. 1 26 2 26 3 60 4 00 6 00 6 00 8 0010. 14. ehatunaMo DionlhlT, 20 a year; waealy clianK-ablii quarterly ehaDireabl. quarterly ehuigvabla quarterly .j . , . . .j jioo. 10 llnM of thli BlsM tyr I wesxroeil asqaare AdrertlsemenM, otdrred on the luitds exclusively, dnultl the above rate. Ail imdX notices cbarswl double, aud meMiwd a If solid. iltisccllcmt). THE BOND-MAIDEN ; Or THE MERCHANT'S HEART Matthias, tbe Levantine merchant, had spent his whole life, from his buy-time upward, in Irnveling for the sake of gnin, to the Bait and to the West, end to the islands of the South Hens. He hod rn turned to his native plnce. Tarsus, in the full vigor of manhood, and was reported to havo amassed great wealth. Hit first step was to m ike a prudent cad upon the governor, ana to present him with a purse and astring of pearls, in order to bespeak his good will. He ihnu built him self a spacious palace in Hie midst of a garden on the borders of a stream, and began to lend u qutet 111'?, resting after tho fatigues of hi ninny voyages. Most persons considered tiitn to be the happiest of merchants! but those who were introduce!, to his inti- mucy knew that his cotistnut companions were thought and sadness. When he had departrd in b's youth, he had left his father and mother, bis brother and sisters, in health, although poor; hut when ho ro-turned in hopes to gild the remainder of iheirdayi, he louud that the hand ol dentil bad fallen upon them every one, and that there was no one to nhnro his prosperity, and a blight came over his heart. The gossips in the bn.nurs soon began lo talk of his case, and it was then lint ilnnnn the Christian tailor one liny said in a loud voice to his opposite neighbor, the Jewish money changer, "1 will lay the value of my stork that the morchnot Manillas wi;l find consn- hit ion in marriage ; that ho iH chum tin' most beautiful of our maidens, uud that lie will found u family which mtall lie eeieiirntrd in iljii r,vy on long ns it postniit) endure." To this the Jew replied : " What is the value of diy sleek 7 Three jackets returned upon ihy hands, n rusty pair of scissor:, an old stool and mnin thread. Verity, ihe risk is not great." The Christian said a prayer or two to himself, that ho might mil curse hn neighbor, and tluin answered: "1 will throw in Zurifee, the ebony black girl wlinm t bought Inst spring to follow my wile- wliun she goes out with little Gorges to itie gardens. Wliat sayest llinu now?" The Jew pondered awhile, loaning his grey bnnrd on tho breast of his catan. Ho rememln'rod thatfirty years before, ho too, had returned from travel with his .. money bugs, and had found bis house desoluto; und that he had devoted himnelf ever since to moody re- iiecii.ii, ami to tne ueapitig ot mahoou'j upon mahbmib .. Tbe thought had therefore become lixoil in bis mind that whim the middle time of lilo comes, there can remain no n tier lion in the heart, either of a Christian, or of Jew, or of Mahommcdan, but of gold. ISo be said: " IM tho odd a be equal. I wilt venture five hundred pieces against thy live hundred pieces, that within live years the merchant M-itthias does not take to his bosom a wife." " Agreed!" cried the Christian. The neighbors were called in as witneMoi, and every ono laughed at the absurdity of the dispute. Matthias was not long in learning that a wager had been laid upon his future life; and, in passing through the bnnzar, he stepped ono day and said sternly to tho Christian tailor: "Son of rtiHhnuss, why hatd thou risked more than the whole of thy savings upon a matter which is only known to Heaven? I have looked upon all the maidens of my poople, and no emotion his stirred within. Verily thou wilt become a prey to this .lew." " My lord," replied the tailor, smiling, " It is impossible for a good mau to remain all bis life alone. If thon wilt com to my house and see my wife and my little Georges dancing in the arms of tho ebony Mark girl. Zariefeli, thou wilt surely relent and seek at once to be us I am. 1'erhaps thou hat not well looked around fieo. There is Miriam, the daughter of our baker, who is of majestic presence, being as big an thyself. iShe will suit thee to a hair, and, if thou de-sirest.tny wife shall mako proposals lor thee this afternoon." Matthias laughed and frowned, and went on, and the Jew chuckling in his beard said, "O, II anna, for how much wilt thou free thyself from thy wager? Wilt thou pay a hundred pieces and let nil bo s.nd T" Hut tho Christian replied: "Infivo years, Saint I'bi lnten wore away a stone ns big ns ibis stool with his kisses and her tearsin five years tho heart of this man may melt." Matthias went not on his way unmoved, after his conversation with the Christian tailor. He brgan to think that perhaps, indeed, he was woaring away hi life uselessly in solitude. There was certainly no beauty and no satisfaction in that manner ol being. It was better lo take to himiflf a companion ; but whiro find horT Amongst nil tho frivolous daughters of Tar sus, was there one with whom lis would not be more lonely than with htrasrll? Their mothers had taught them nothing but love of dress, and love of themselves How could their capricious and selfish natures find pleasure in communion with a man whom this world had tore tried, and who widi"d to wait iu tnreknes and in patience for the world to rouipT Thone meditations disturbed Matthias, but (hey did not render him more unhappy. They occupied his mind they relieved the monotony of nit existence they prevented him from always turning his eyes iu ward upon himself they forced him to look abroad. Ho went to the houses of his friends, and once more studies tho perfections and imperfections of their daughters. His object was so mauifes!, thut the joke went around that he wished to save the Christian tailor from mill. People jested with the Jew as they brought In their money to change. lUit although Matthias mw many beautiful girls who threw the gin tires of their almond'slmped eyes encouragingly towards him, bo saw none tiuii pleased hit heart; and suddenly retiring from society, shut himself up for a whole yi ar in his palno, seeing nob iiiy, nnd taking back meluii-rholy and discontent for his only companions. At length Matthias began to feel tho desire of change, and made it a practice every morning to have his mule addled and ride out to the base ol the mountains; atid then, putting foot to ground, to wander until evening amidst tho rocks ana valleys. On one occasion, he wont so fur that he could not return to where he had left liia mule and servant before n'ghtfall, nnd lost his way. Alter going hither and thither for some time, he was compelled to sock the shelter of a rave, and to watt until morning. Bleep overtook him, and bo did not wnke until the tun's rays, slanting through a clelt of the roc t, played upon his eye lids. He got up, and having siid his prayers, went forth, and beheld a heautihil green meadow stretching along the banks of tbe stream which eamo from a narrow gorge at no great distance. He did not recognize his whureahouts, and was doubtful of finding bis way back, until be saw, at the further end of the meadow, some o Meet moving rapidly to und fro. It was a young girl chasing a cow that bad osctiped from her, and ran with a cord tangled about its horns in the direction of Matthias. " Ah I " said he, " I will catch this unruly nnimil, and thon make its keeper point nut to nie the direction ol Tarsus." So he tuck ed up his robes; and being strong and vigorous, soou came up to the cow that was wantonly galloping hither and thither, and brought it to a standstill. "May blessings ugni upon my sturdy arms, stranger, taken their morning drink, and the girl was sitting on tho bank laughing at him, and wreathing a crown of flowers to deck the horns of Naharah. "Thou dost not know thy nw business, said she to Matthias, as he came up out of breath ; whereupon he began to curse the cow which hod led him that dance, and to think that ho hid modo himself ridiculous iu the eyes of the girl, H iwover, they were soon sitting Ride iy side in pleasant talk, and mo mercnaut learned that the name of the bond maiden was Oarine. liy this time he had quite made up his mind to marry her, if she would havo him; but although reflecting upon his wealth and her poverty, it seemed scarcely probable that she should refuse, his modesty was bo great that he dared not venture to talk of love. They parted early, ond Matthias went away, promising to return on the morrow. He did so; and for many weeks continued these meetings in which, for tho first time since his youth, he found real happiness. At length one day he took courage and told Cariuo that lie intended to tako her nway and marry her, and make her the mistress of his wealth. " My lord," said she, with simple surprise, "has madness stricken thee? Dust thou not know that lama bond maiden, nnd that there is no power that can free nm? " " Money ran free, thee, child," said Mutthias. " Not so," replied she, " lor it is ati anciont privilege of this monastery that bondsmen and bondswomen hall for ever appertain to it. If nny freeman casts his oyes upon one of us, and desires to marry her, he must quit hi statu and become n slave, be and his de scendunts forever, to the monastery. This is why I was nut married last year to Skandar, the porker, win olliired twenty pigs for my freedom, but wiio refused to give up his liherty." Matthhis internally thanked Heaven for having given nn independent spirit to tbe porker, and replied, smiling, " Believe mo, Cartno, that the fathers lovo money ihry nil do and I shall purchase thoe us my wife." " It is nonsonite," said she, shaking liar fiend, " I liny refused twenty pigs," "I will give twenty sacks of gold, baby," cried Matthias, enraged at her obstinacy. Carine replied that bIio whs not worth bo much ; und that if she were, it was no use talking of the matter, for the fathers would not sell her. " Jiy oatut ftlaron! exclaimed Matthias, " I can buy their whole monastery." Ho was mistaken. Tho monastery of Solnfka was tbe riclicHt in all tho east, and the b ad of i( was thu mos' willed men. Hecutuhorl tho propositions of the merchant who went straight to him that very day by saying that on no account could the liberty of Oarine bo granted. " If thou wouldst marry tier," said be, looking, as Matthias thought, moro wicked than n demon, " thou must give up nil thy wealth to us, and become our bond inn n." With this answer the lover went sadly away, und returned to Tarsus, saying to liimM-lf, "It is impossible to give up, not only the gains of my liK but even my liberty, for tho sako ol this cow girl. 1 must try to iWffet hr. S i Im went back anions his friend, and ben in again to walk in the bai zirs. When the Jew saw him, ho cried out, " Ihiil, oh wise man, that will nut burden himself with the society of n woman. " Hut the merchant frowned Murk upon li'iti, and turned away; and to the rnrprise id' all tho ueighlmrs. went arid snt d iwn by llio side of tin Christian tailor, and, taking his baud, whispered to him : " Close thy shop, my fuend, and lead me, tint I may sen, n thou ilidM prouiis". thy wife nnd thy rhiM." "Which cliiMT" siid tho tnilor. "I have now three, tltirge, J.iahet, and Hunnn." " All of tliMiri," mid Malibins ; " nnd nlso tho ebony-bl.ick girl, Zurileh " " Oh !" said the tailor, " I havo set her froi, nnd she ts married to (he pudding sellor, round tho corner." "It seems," mid Matthias to himself, that 'it is the law ol Henven that every oin nhall marry.' The tailor shut tin his sh o nnd took the merchant home and showed him bis domestic wealth tint is to Buy, his pretty wife, his three stout children, anil a con! black girl called .ira, who was knuu ling bread in tho court vnrd. " My trtend, ' said Matthias, " what woulds thou du if the powerful were to sny to thee, thou must be d-ptivpd of alt this, or loin : hy lib orty nnd become a slave." " Liberty is sweet," replied the tailor, shrugging his nhouMers; "yet some live wituout it, nut none can live without love." Toon this the merchant went home to his palaoe and mounted his mute nnd rode to the monastery, wlu-ro be found the court yard full of people. " I am eome," said he to one of tho hither whom he met in the gangway, "to give up my liherty ami my wealth tor the sake ol Ountic. It is ion bite," was tho reply; "Skandar, the porker, haijustdrivonin all Ids pigs, nnd they are pot-ling the chain upon his neck iu the chupul, and alt these people that thou seest collrcted are lo be witnesses of his marriage with Cirine." AUtthins smote his breast with bis bands, and the sides of his mule with his heels, nnd galloped through the crowd shouting out that n"hody should he made a slave that day but he. L he duel t.r the monastery, on learning what wus the matter, smiled nnd said, that "the porker had a previous claim; but the monks, who, perhaps, looked forward lo tho enj .ymei.ts which tho merchant's wealth would nlford l;;ein, ingeniously suggested that ho had tbe best claim ho had hesitated least. Citrine's opinion was nsknl; and she seeing botu of tier suitors resolved, hearilepsly condemned ihe enamoured porker to liherty, and said: "I.et ihe chain bo put up n ihoneckof tho merchant " Tho ceremony was immediately performed, and, whilst the bead of the convent was preparing to begin the more ; interesting rite of the inarri n.'o, brother H nig, treasu-' rerof tho moimsiery, sot otf to take an inventory of the wealth which bud thus fallen under bit jurisdiction.It is said that Matthias never gave a single lle-uht to his Inst property, boinsj too much abtorbrd in contemplating die charms of the beautiful Carine. The only stipulation ho made was, that he should ba al lowed lo go out to the pasturages with her, and next morning, he found himself, in sober seriousness, hnlp ing to drive Niharah and its companion down to Ihe wiiier'a side. Me uiwhilo the governor of Tarsus heard wb.it had happened to Matthias, and was stricken with rage, nnd c iusod his mule to be saddled and his guards to bo mounted, and set forth to tbe monastery m il summoned the chief, saying, " Know, O .Monk, that Matthias is my friend ; mid it cannot be that he shall bo thy slave, and that ail l is wealth shall be transferred from my ... .i. . . ij.. in i i i 1 hey octUpti d his I . , him frurn nmonnaf n." This tlavnrnur poke thus by reason of crrtain leans without interest lover anil above I ho purse and the strings ol pearls which the merchant had presented at his first coming,) wiih which .Matthias bad freely obliged the (iovernoi: who also hoped a e ntinnanre of ihe smie. Whereupon the chiuf of the monastery hid his hands nnd was humbled ; and the Governor nnd he parted with a good iiiidersliiniling and airreement. It fell out, lhorefore, that after a month of servitude Matthias and bis bride were called beforo an assembly of the whole monastery, nnd informed that ihe conditions imposed were simply for the sake of the trial. Nearly all the wealth of the merchant was restored to mm, and be was liberated and led back amidst ap plauding crowd to his palace at Tarsus. Of course lie made a liberal donation to the monastery, over and above a round sum which Hong the treasurer bad not found it in his heart to return with the rest. Iiina a just nnd generous man, be not only relieved the Jew from tho c on seo ounces of his wager, but made such presents to thu Christian tailor, that ho bad no longer any need to ply tho needle for his livelihood. Tradl tion dilutes with delight on the hippinoss which Oarine bNlowed on tier husband, who used always to say, " that with wealth or without wealth, with liberty or without liberty, she was sulliciont to bringcontent into any heuse, and to make the sternest heart happy." A SmiKinn StMii.it. A .Swissirav.sli'r describe a vil-i lageiutho Orison country, situated nn the slope of a great mountain, of which tho strata shelve in the direr-tion of that place. Hugo crags directly overhanging the vill ige, and massy enough to sweep the whole ol it into tho torrent below, have separated from tho main body of the mountain in tbe course of age by fissures, and now scarcely adhere to it. When they give way, tho village must perish; it is only a question of time, and the catastrophe may happen any day. For years past engineers have been sent from time to time to measure the width of tho fissures, and report them constant ly increasing. The villagers for more than one genera tion have been fully aware ot their danger J sobscrip MESSRS. BB0R80K AND GUTHRIE. The New York papers of yesterday brought us a reply from Collector ltronson to the recent letter of the Secretary of the Treasury. As we inserted tho latter, and as the controversy bus assumed much consequence in the party politics of ihe day, wo make room this morning for tho reply of llio Collector: National Intelligencer.The Reply of Collector Brcmson to the Latter of Secretary Guthrie. New Yore, Mompat, October 17, 18."3. Hon. Jama Guthrie, Secretary of tho Treatury : Sir: Tbe pressure of otlicial business and confine, me ut toaster, room have prevented an early answer lo your letter of the 3d instant. You first state, in substance, thai I have been under a pledge, which has not been redeemed, to distribute the ollices in my gift among di lie rent sections of the Democratic party, and (lieu prescribe the course you exprct me to pursue in futuro You do not complain that my appointees are not proper persons for the places they ncctpy, or that thy are not sound Do mo orats, sincerely attached lo the principles of thu party, and firm supporters of the Notioual Administration. ; Hut you think I have not properly regarded all sections ', of ihe party. When Mr. Dickinson declined tho Collectorhip of this port, in April last, I was asked by several friends' whether I would allow my name to be mentioned lo the President for tho place, and answered in the negative, I thought no more of the mutter until two days afterwards, when I saw in tho public prints a telegraphic despatch announcing my appointment. I bad two years before resigned my place as Chief Judge of I the Court of Ap penis, with tbe intention of never oain accepting o public nflice; and, grateful as I am for this new mark of confidence, I should have declined the appointment but for tho hiah opinion which I en tenanted of the 1'resident and his principles, nnd the assurance of friends that he earnestly drsired my acceptance of the trust. When I accepted the place, I bad never seen nnr had nny communication with tho President, and of course there were no pledges between us, save such an may be implied between honorable mi-n holding the like relation to each other. Ho had n right to expert that I would diligently and faithfully discharge ihe duties of the ullice, and maintain, iu all proper ways, the principles which restored tho Democratic party to power; and, bo long as I performed ilrtt implied obligation, 1 had n right to expect that his conlidenco in mo would not ho withdrawn. I have never com-pi uined that tho President has not discharged his part of the obligation, nnd am not conscious of having omitted to discharge my own You tell mo that the President and his cons'ituttonal advisers stand pledged before the world to the principles and policy laid down in llio Baltimore pl'itform and the Inaugural Address, "and had rt moil to believe that all genik men who consent d to accept oHico undr tho Administration sii.od pledged to the same principles and policy." I ngreo to Hint ; find, ulthotigli it is hut un implied pledge, I admit its full force. Hut il proves nothing lo the present purple; f,r there is not onu word, either iu ihe Italiimore platform or Ihe Inaugural Address, nboul distributing cilices among the ddl'-jrcnt sections of the party. If tho President "r his appointee are plrdned lo any sued distribution, yon must look to some other document to find evidence of th obligation some doi-nmen'. which I have never seen. It may bo inferred I'roiti'he aetmtf tho President that he regiirds as eligible to olli.'o nil Deinocru's who cor dially united on the Baltimore platform in 18o'i,nnd are niricereiy attached to die principles et ino party, although at some former period they may hive been out of the way. Tint is a proper rule. It in tho one on which I have arud in uniting ap:omtm -ni lonlllce; not bur an so I was under any pledge to do so, but because I thought the rule jus: in its If. Hut your letter pr coedsupou tho ground that I ohnuld go beyond the inquiry whether applicants foroflicn are pood Di?mo. crata now, and ascertain to what section they formerly belonged; and then make such a distribution of cilices between llio dilf-Tent sections that no one of them will havo just cause for coinpliiut. It U not only impossible to administer s-ich n rule ns that with success, but iho coiisyqui'iico of adopting it must bo that we shall never have one Democratic party, united upon a nroad imsis ot prit.cipte, but a mere contiinatioti or different sections, held together by no bct'er bond than ihe love of olli:e, and roidy to fill to pieces the moment one section thinks itself ngsrieved in lb" dis- trihuti'iti. Notwithstanding what has boon said, f think it would be found on a proper scrutiny that the section which has so loudly and bitterly conplained of injustice Inn received its full share of tho olli es which I have bestowed. It is undoubtedly true thai more appointments have been made from ono section of the party than from tho other; and a single reason wilt be sulliciont to show why it w,is proper to pursnelhat course. Most of the cuntom house appointments for this port have always been nude from the counties of New York and Kings, iu which are tho tbroo cities which form a part of the port. In 184ft Iho Democratic and Free soil vote in thosn counties bore tlm relation of mere than four for the former to ono for the hitler. Km in the t'reeioil vote should be deducted tho Whig-Abolition vole, which went iu the same direction. After making tho proper allowance on that account, I think It sale to conclude that not more than one out of stevon of the Democrats in those counties voted Ihe Kreesoil ticket in 18IH. In this view ol tbe matter I think it will be found that the Freeseil section is far from having just came lor complaint. I have acted in Hits liberal man' tier, not bffcau.se I was under any pledge, hut because I wished to do what I reasonably could to promote, tho harmony und continued airondaocy ot the pirty. It is p iSHhle that I am mis'aken in supposing (hat the Krees-n) section Ins got its full share ol the places ; for, in distributing ihs little ollices in my gilt, which have lor the most part got e among thorium and file ot the parly. I havo uritht-r had the time nor Iho incli nute in to do much by way ot investigating the antcce lentsof men who wore supposed lo be all rk'hl now. In reference io your remark upon the recent rupture of the pirty at Synca, that " the division could and ought to have Ir-cn prevented," it is enough fir mo to say tint I notouiy had no agency in bringing about that division, but 1 trinl to previ nt it. My counsel was given in lavor of the united action of th Conven tion, ami I nmerel hoped that harmony would prevail. II any Oovernment olluers are charg'-aMe Willi what took place at Syracuse, ihe burden must rest on those who were there ot w hom three were from this, city nnd not upon the Ooliec'or, who was at home nttetid big to the duties of bis ullice. I do not slate these things by way ol apoo?y. fur 1 have none to make; nor by way id courting favor, for 1 havo none to nk. You speak of 'the reunion of tho party in 18111,1 whiuo reunion was supposed to have been thoroughly cemented in the great and triumphant contest in IHIVJ " Although I aiden'ly desired a reunion, if it could bo effected upon principle, never approved tbe mode in which the attempt was made to bring about that desi-rableend. I thought then, and think still, that those who had deserted the Democratic standard in 1848, and thrown tho State and National governments into the hands of Ihe Whigs, nhould, if convinced of their error, return again to our camp without oiacting conditions, and should then ln treated with the utmost kindness. The party would then havo been strong, and we should have heard no tnoro about sections. But a veryditlercnt course was pursued; and tbe Kree soil lea 1 its came back, so far n they came at all, under a league or treaty b' tweon them and a few leading Democrats, with no stronger bond of union than an agreement to divide the olhces. The arrange ment was based upon no principle. The Krei-soil leaders were b f at liberty to adopt the course which they pursued; and, instead of amain hoisting the Na tional banner, luey marched into tdo Ueinorraiic camp with their own sectional colors flying, and lima became nn independent element iuihupurty. Indeed. !roiir letter proceed upon the ground that the party ins nil along been diud- d into sections; nnd consequently, that accounts must be balanced between them in the distribution ol oincea. All experience principles which restored the party lo power. It i. now a co laborer with Ihe Kreesoil prill's in tliis'State some ot which it so lately read out of the Democratic party. Though that print is not in ttsell or great importance, yet when tt professes, willl- nt rebuke, to do these things as the organ of di-; Administration, much mischief may be done. It matters liutu what disclaimers ihere may Im in private circles, so long as there is no public declaration that the pipr speaks without authority. However u,dinlu.,.i,t 'y th-i lec tion may terminate, the rrspousibility will rest upon others, and not npou rne. Lot me now n dice the time, manner nnd motive of your letter. As to timo. Il was after iho rupture and nomination of two lickots at Syracuse, and the two ratificadou meetings in this city; afier tho Collector had been denounced by Ihe Kreesoil leaders nnd presses, and the r resident hail been called upon to remnvo mm; ufior hungry olHueaeeker and bitter politicians had visited Washington to misrepres-Mit nnd traduce that nhVer, and to whoso clamors, ns you well know, he never made any reply; after the Union had taken ground against the ticket of iho National Democrats, and in favor of the ticket ot their opponents ; then it was that you first discovered en nun fur complaint of any Kind against the (Julloclor. Kou hud approved all his nominations, with a single exception, aud in that case the oflice was abolished Down to tbe receipt of your letter ot the 3d tnst., you hid n"ver intimated to the Collector, in any form, that you disapproved of his appointments, or of tho manner in which they had been disttibuted. As to tho manner- Yon did not pursue tho usual course, and issue n circular laying down ti uniform rule lor too fMvernmetit ot nit iHiiioin-honse olhcers having patre jge to bestow; but confined your instructions to iho wort of New York alone. If lh' doctrine of the letter is a sound one, it is ot-viondy proper ti;:U If stiouid lie applied in other places nn well ni Ipto ; and it should regulate the conduct of all eludes of govern meni miicurs navm patronngo to bentow. iMirshals, postmasters, district attorneys, and others, should act upon it in tho selection ut their deputies, clerks ami other agents. I will hero mention another fact of no littlo signifi cance. 1 ho next day alter the letter was written, i! was followed bv another, renuirinrr mo to submit for your approval the names of all the clerks proposed to be employed in tho bonded warehouses and public stores. In tins matter you not only departed from thu practice of all former Secretaries of the Tro isury who had left those appointments to llio sole dtscruiion of the Collector but, so far as I h ive learned, you again Inputted from thu unial course of iisuiug a circulir to all the. e dlectors at our groat ports, singled nut tho Collector nt New York, and prenorib"d a now rule fir him alone. The" facts noed no rommeiit ; they spatk tor themselves. A to tb motive of this movement let others judge. Tins i, I believe, tip firfit insinncin which a mernhtr of the Cabinet has interfered with the !iscr'tion of a collector, iniirshal, postm-mier, or any other Govern ment ofheer having patronage to bestow, and laid lown a rule f r bit government in ihe n-iection f hit leputies, clerks, or oilier i nls; and it rertindy is the first instance in which a public uilirer has borninstnict- I to go into an inquiry about sections, and see that a just dis'rihotioii of i dices wus made between them. l on have a right by luw to a ivo instruct! ns on many subjects coniiMCted wtwi the collection " the revenue. and such instructions it will he mv duty lo follow, lint vvht'D vou .'o beyond (hut, and undertake (o direct in matters which tho law has ronfi I d to my discretion, no such obligation xita. A lo some fiflicTS of (ho customs, the cd lector has the right of nomination, nnd the secretary the right of approval or rejection; and, as to oth-r olhcers. 'ho power ot appointment i vested m the collector alone ahall not interfere wi'h tho exerciso of our powers. and I trust you will render the like justice to mo. If you or any other hiidi ollicer of the government desi red the appointment of a particular individual, I need not say that it would give me great pleasure to comply Willi bis wishes; but I respectfully deny lhat you have any right t- issue instructions for the government ot my conduct in making selections lor nthco. So far us relate to the mere dispensation of patron age, without regard to my responsibility for ihe acts of the persons appointed, I would gladly transfer tho trust to another. I have no inste lor soon matters, and mvcomlort aspirations I have none would be great ly promoted il some one else would prrlorm the service for tne. Hut the law anil mv commission have cast the burden upon me, and I cinnot surrender it to another without a dereliction of duty. As you have given your letter to the prcKS, Baying "the subject ha public one," I shall give die same direction io uio answer. i am, very respectfully, your obedient servant, GItEHNB C. HRONHON VENICE-NO RUIN. , . v.. i . r i i i -i- noun unvo imru unto ur ih:o uiirinm iu iuu launum c lb. girl, running rat n, bre.ih nd ....w.ndniR ,, ; Hm , lhln , romv8 . y0, lUeJ lh. rope from Ui. cow . horn. - I rWii.rr.li had on. v, m tlloidoi,rai.d (wius, from yr., P"i il , ?u- j". J""-. . , , ., ,.,,. l"nilil Bin.t Ihr ullimnl. cominty and ,l,il7 ,.r,,b. And who could had it in heart to boa Ihoo child!' ,,,m , ,,,., , ,,, ,;, ln,,iri.!, .aid he ni.rch.u aa h. looked at her and wondered at ,,,, J , ,hir mf j, .' r H ' ri !, vi i .i loaaylinw inuchol'tlii. poinilar tal.liam i. exhibited " 1 '!. f.iiluTV aim ropli.' I. pn;lir' Nihnrih in the . ., , . , ' ' ,.r ... . . ; ,l direcii, ,n ,1,0 wa.iledI to . l,l,-MiK th.e, ,:;,;, ,,,., wlidl it iv... TIJ ,.. "J!U..i."ll)rr ""?' n i .1- i il j i .i and crevica III the nioun aiii, which overhang our Malth a, forgot all about Tat.i,., and wa Iked by the (lJ Hvi, fd, H,m, B .,.,.,, nr.c,m,l.tly id. of the girl. ..king n..i,..t,o, of her. II. learned ,,;,,, ,,J , , Jnir mtln noVer very tliat she was tho bond-mtiden of a monastery situated i ' J , ' : i ,.r ,ki that she was tho bond-mtiden of a monastery situated in moso mountains, and that tier duty was to take out the cows, and especially tins one, every morning lo the pasturage. "Dj not follow me," said alio, when they came to tho cntnuoe of the gorge from which the stream flowed i " for I am forbidden to talk with those whom I may meet." Mutthias thought awhile and then bade her adieu, having learned wttnt path he was to lotiuw, ana returned to ins palace tun ot nothing but the image of this simple bond maiden." "Verily," said ho to himself next mornins, "I forgot lo ask the name of that girl. I must learn it, in order that I may send her a recompense." Under this poor pretence, be mounted his mule and rode towards the mountains, and began his walk at tho usual place, and repaired to ihe cave and passed the night there, and was out on Ihe meadow beforo dawn. He soon saw four or five cows driven out to iho gorge, nnd ihe girl following Ihem. lending tho frohesomo Naharah. "There is no nerd for then to-day, sirsnger." snid she. smiling playfully, "unless thou wilt drive my herd down to the water to drink, and take care that the black one voei in first, or else she will gore tbe others." Upon this, Matibias took the braut li of a tree and began to cry "Hooi nno i" like a herdsman, and to neat tbe flanks of the black cow, which scampered away and led him a long chase around the meadow) so that he did not come back until all the other inimils bad reassuring we are morn and more convinced of the insecurity ot thrones and commonwealths, and politi cal sagacity wholly fail to reveal to us the manner of iheir reconstruction. let we live on in a kind o provisional safetv, reconciled to the constant neighborhood of dangers, against which apparently, we can no bet ter guard ourselvea than the villagers can prevent the fall of their rocks. Kdinbttrrh Review. A few days since, wo noticed a new work of deci ded interest, jrtiit published by Chart.es Scriiniti, and written by Fomunp Vi.kuQ, entitled 11 Tho City of the Sea." It is one of tho works that will live nnd he consulted hereafter. Mr. Kuoo was United Stiles Consul at Venice, and, as such, had access to much thai is interesting and important in tho history of that romantic city. The following sketch is one of ihe finest things wo have read for years: "The traveler at tho pres-nt day, when about to visit Venire, ex pec is to behold her a ruin- lloex pects lo find in hor a Tyre, a Todmor, a Palmyra of the oi ean j for ho has seen Iter compared lo each and to all of them, to say nothing of Babylon, and Nineveh, nnd Canhiiao, nnd Alexandria, and Thebes, and Mem phis, and Constantinople, nnd Atlin, nnd Home. He experts to see her, as depicted, nt ro poetically ibun truth fully, by a recent writer ' A ghost upon ihe sands of the sen, so we;ik, so quiet, so bereft of nil but her loveliness, that one might well doubt, ns he watch cd her faint reflection in the mirage of the Igone, which was the ci'y ttud which the sbatow;' nnd like him, perchance, ho thinks, that fain would he endeavor to trace tho lines of ibis image b-fnro it is forever lost, and to record, so far as hu may, llio warning which seems uttered by every one of the fast-gaining waves lint bent, like passing brlls, ngiimt tho stones of Venice.' He expects to find her, n portrayed by every writer he bus over read a tomb of the dead Past a mausoleum of buried centuries a wreck on the ocean sands of time n scone of drs ilatenens un changing of solitude unrelieved of silence unbroken, save by the dull nnd unfieijueot plash into her stagnant waves of tho marble ol her crumbling pal-act s. He expects, in fi'io, to behold tho doomed city in fll fulfillment of old Kaliero's terrific malediction: '.linking Into lh llm from which lio rose.' j " Ho is disappointed! Ho finds Venice no ruin no Titdmorof llio ocean no Tyre no Palmyra; ami he sighs, perchance, to discover thai tho touching nnd mourntiil romance nt desolation, wnu wun n ipt picture had been nhr led. owed more to the genius and the ftiocy of her pontic porrayers, than to nny reility of fm;t. Venice is no tomb no monument of the past no city of the dead no catacomb of silence und solitude and desolation. The fair bride of the seapro-si-nts not now, perchance, llio bright and lovely vision of centuries since, when weddtd by the ducal ring nnd tho papal benediction. Change, change has been busy widi hr, as with all else of earth. The fresh Hush of youth lias fled her cheek; threads of silver have besprinkled her uight-hlnrk Irenes; sorrow nnd humiliation and bereavement have left their sure, sad traces on her still stately and beautiful brow; and lite smile which, once nil light and j oyousnnia, illumined her sweet lace, though it yet lingers nnd plays like a halo of Ihe put, is as sad and as mournful as a broken hear I. Such is llio Orean (Jueenj but she is itf( no, she is not thai old nnd withered and toothless and wrinkled aud horrible bag which some would pMiit her. IShe is not llio ' weiid sister of a blasted h-ath ' tSlie is noi tbe foul witch of pmpheiic evocation, ur, if she be indeed a witch,' she is rather ' the witch of the Alps,' or 'ihe spirit of the sea.' whom the lapse of ages render only more lovely, rtfio is rat her tiu nm- Imol grtet, than tbe nemesis nt desolation. Unco a blushing ntid brilliant aud blooming bride, she now reclines a bereaved, yet still beauiilul matron, at the : the throne on which, centuries ago, she sat in state; at,d, with a mournful smile, looks out on the waves ol tbe blue Adriatic, which for tout; ages owed and owned no allegiance save tier own; and she still is, ns she tins been, ami will ever be Mia! rene- rid la Mia!'" HATRIMONY MODERN EXTRAVAGANCE, A correspondent who has "long been iu search of a will," oompiains sadly of the extravagance d modern times, and say that he has " more than once been on the point of utt'erinK his heart and hand, but has been d't erred by the prospect of an expenditure far beyond uis income, ana thus o a change tor tho worse, una uot f.,r tbe better." This is an old story , and one ibat we nave commented on ngitn and again i he com platut, moreover, is "oil jounded, und the extrava gance which characteriz, s rho modern mode of living in rep liable society, lias doubtless been the means ot making, not only many old bachelors, but mauv old maids. The fever is up just now, aud every one neems anxious to outstrip bra neighbor, llio prudrnt aud the timid look oo, not only with caution, but with ap prt h-nsion. They become acquainted wi'li the young und thu fair, are charmed with their society, und would readily tnke them " for better or for woro;" but they know Ihe actual position of their pecuniary nil airs, they are aware of lite uiicert.ii'.iieB of I rude, er.d they listen with surprise to the extravagant views ibat are expressed iu relation to matrimonial erfbibliHhments, according to the claims Hiid pretensions of a large portion of the gentler sex of the pro-oat day. Nothing will suit them but an abundant forluuuon the part of those who aspire to bocoma their protectors for life. And in this doctrine, too of'en. Ihev are trained as it wero by their parents. Thy are taught io uress extravagantly, to speuK extravagantly, and to boast extravagantly. In brief, the object seems to be. to elevate themselves, Dot only in a pecuniary, but a social point of view, above ordinary mortals; and to speak of the rest of m tnkind sneering! y and its inferior beings. In most cases these pretenders, having noth-in:; in particular to boast of, are empty, inilited, and arrogant, aud merely assume to tbornselveB positions to whirh Uiey are not entitled. Tho e licet, howover, is pernicious, uot only upon their own fortunes and feelings, but upon thoie ot their friends and admirers. They seem anxious to marry an establishment, rather than ns a matter of heart, feeling and reciprocity. And while tlioy aro tilted to flutter nnd bask in smiles of prosperity, they are utterly disqualified fur the frownstsif advtndty. They may do well enough as companions iu the hour of sunshine, but not so in tho Jay ot trial and storm. Wo can conceive, of no more imp.ir'ant matter than a proper manner of beginning life, or starting out iu the world. The moment lint an individual enters into the conditions of matrimony, and thus becomes ro-sp umMo for the maiutninanco of at least one other, he uliould govern himself accordingly, and with refer nuce not ouly to the present moment but lo future pro'.amiiiieH nnd contiuguuoios. in order to do ihis, however, and to live economically, and within his means, ho must be assisted by bis bettor half; otherwise, penury will soon come into the household, aud with it discord nnd unhappineBS. The pirtirs should consider all the fuel and chances beforehand, They should determine to live for themselves rather than for the out-door world, with a view to their coniiiined and permanent happiness, rather than to the gr.itiliention and iodulg-nco of n silly mid false pridv. Matrimony whould not be considered us a mere condition of bargain and sale. Higher and holier principles and purpuses should be associated with it. It is sometimes necessary that sncriticu should bo made; bur those, whuiiihe subject isrightly understood, aro moro hutt compensated for by reciprocity of feel ing. mutual confidence nnd sympathy, and tho inter change of atleclion. Hut the bride -nould n t expert all urn sarrihcesto be on ono side, one may bo called upon to yield som .'thing also aomothing iu dress, iu gay society, in many attentions, and in frequent intercourse with the out-door world. Hue may have been brought up indulgently, nnd her contemplated bus-band, however devoted and gonerous, may not posseis tho means to keep up this sy stem to the same extent. She should see and realize this fact, nnd make up her mind and her conduct accordingly. Then tho two will commence life understanding and relying upon arh other, nnd constantly anxious to promote their mutual fortunes nnd happiness. L-)t another ntid opposite course be pursued, aud the consequences ennnot but be disastrous. Lei I lie young wile, forgetful of Ihe true position of her husband, waste his substance, neglect her household, and appear moro anxious to attract attention in the fashion able promenades, Ibun to form tho presiding spirit of die domestic circle, and Iho dream ot fidelity, truth, confidence, and connubial bliss, will soon vanish, never to return. Our correspondent, however, who is ev idently sincere, must not be too faint-hearted. The giddiest bolls sometimes makes Ihe most devoted wife. Women often talk wildly and extravagant y, without meaning much. I hey oithor intend to Irightou the timid, or to teat their courage and sincerity. The first groat study is to touch ihe heart; that once accom pli uud, aud ail tno rest will bo comparatively easy. A wo mau who truly loves her husband will anldom trillo with his prosperity, or disregard his counsels. Hut alas! for tho deludod victim who mairies a model of extravagance, a sparkling enqueue, or a giddy fasti-innable und who neither secures her respects nor nf feet ions. He binds himself for life to tbe careless, tbe ind'tf-'reitt, (he proud aud unfeeling and thus makes in home, uot a constant resource nnd perpetual retreat, but a spot to be shunned and avoided. Misgiv ings, misunderstandings and recriminations, will tnke place daily and hourly, and the matrimonial cup, which was looked to as (bo source nf unmitigated nttss, win be realized ns lull ot bitterness and disappointment. And yet " it is not good to be alone." Wo men, ton, in the groat majority id casos, are yielding nnd tractable, aud the vast multitude may be won by anenii n, Kindness, ooniuence nnd truth. lo bn In id over tho coul and iron mines of Pennsylvania and Mirylatid, Virginia and Ohio, Indiana and Illinois. Bemuse we determined that it was cheaper to obtain hemp from (he interior of Russia llian to grow it in Kentucky or Missouri. Tbe more cloth, iron, lend and hemp we had to get from abrcad the more bond we hud to give in exchange, aud we have carried out the operation un'il we have exhtused our credit, and our bonds will no longer sell. MEMBERS ELECT OF THE LEGISLATURE. Wo hive nearly completed our list of members elect. and now give it ns it stands on our table. We have uot obtained the first nntnes in every instance, and a very few dulric's u-e md yet beitrd from. When the list is complete wo will re publish it in tho corrected form : SENATORIAL DISTRICTS. 1st Hist. II lmibon, 3 Senators Ge t. H. Pendletou, John Schiir. and Win. K. Confers; dems. 'J. Butler and Warren Granville W. Stokes, dem. 3. Montgoru-ry and P'-eble Henry Shideler, dura 4. Clermont and Brown M. H. Davis, dem. 5. Greene, Clinton and Kayelte Isaac B. Wright, wing. u. Uoss and Highland John M Barrere, whig, 7. Adums, Pike, Scioto and Jackson Thomas MeCauslin, dem. J. Lawrence, G dim, Meigs and Vinton Anderson, dem. 9. A'U-us. Hocking and Knlrfie d Lot L Smith, dem. 10. Franklin and Pickaway Samuel Barttit, dem. 11. Clark, Ch'impaign nnu Madison Henry W. Smith, whig. 15. Miami, Darke and Shelby l.'J. Logan, Union Marion and Hardin William Lnwrence, whig. H. Washington and Morgan Harley Lnflin, dem. lfi. Muskingum and Perry II. J. Jnwott, dem. JO. Delaware nnd Licking Charles Kollott, dem. 17. Knox and Morrow J.T. Creigh, dem. IU. Coshocton and Tuscarawas H. William, dem ID. Guernsey ami Monroe W. J. Sinclair, d"tn. 2D. B dmoutniid Harrison Divid Allen, whig. 21. Carrol mid Stark ft. J. Atkinson, dem. 2i. .! iVursiin ami Oolumbiaua .. K. Williams, dom. S3. Trumbull and Mahoning Ira Norris, dem. 21. Anh'iibula. Lako aud Geausn L. S. Shermau. freesuil. 25. Cuyahoga J H.Foole, fusion. 2fi. Portage nnd Summit Upson, fusion. 27. Medinnaud Lorain N. 8. Townsend, freesoiler. 28 Wayne aud Holmes J. Hockinbery, dem, 2!i. Ashland aud Richland I). Uiblet, dem. 3d. Huron, Erie, Sandusky and Ottowa A. G. Sut ton, dem. 31. Seneca, Crawford and Wyandot R. Lee, dem. 32. Mercer, Auglaize, Allen,' Van Wort, Paulding, Defiance and Williams Judge Taylor, ind. dem. 33. H inenck, Wood, Lucas, Fulton, Henry nnd Put- iiniu H. H. aioedmm, dem. 35 Senators. , icofocos Off Whigs 7 Freea'jil o Tot, I , .35 TO HOLDERS OF RAILROAD BONDS. At aliternrv dinner in London, where Thackeray and Angus B. tench were vit a tit at the tradable, Thackeray who had never before met Mr. Reach addressed him as Mr. Reach pronouncing tho name ns its orthography would naturally indicate. " He ark, sir, Ito-ack, if you please," said Mr. Beach, who is punctilious upon having bis name pronounced in two syllables, ns if spelled IM-nk. Tbuckerny of course apologised nnd corrected his pronunciation ; but in the coumo of the desert, he took occasion In band piste of fine pearlies across i lie table, say ing, in a lone which only he posset sed, " Mr. Ite-ak, will yon lakea pe-akt" Haphnkss. Nothing Is purer than honrsty nothing Bweeter than charily nothing brighter than virtu noiuing warmer man love anu no in ing more Bieunm than faith, These, united In one mind, form Ihe purest, the sweetest, the richest, the brightest, the holiest and ihe most steadfast happiness. nroves that such a coalition ns wns formed in lfl-ltt c never be thoroughly cemented. Sooner or later it will r.ii i i .1 1...-I..- r r of dissolution. It is not, therefore, any matter of ns-t'iniahmont that the ''rouniou'1 was dissolved nt the lute Syracuse convention. After tho league ot 1 il l!) had been broken, and the two sections had again become separata parties, in form ns well a subitauce. It became necessary for me, ns a citizen ol New York, to make my choice between Ihe two tickets which hud been nominated. My roa sons for preferring one and rejecting Ihe other are be fore the public, and no nno nas me rigm to impnio to me nny other motives than (hose which I have avowed. I re in; ted one ticket because the nomination hnd been effected by menus which no honest man could approve, nnd because the nominees had been brought forward by men who had been hostile to what I deemed (he best interests of the State in relation to tho canals. 1 approved the other ticket because llio nominees were right on the question of State policy, and because lliese who supported It were "contending for the principles which restored the Democratic party to power, aud placed Krauklin Pierce at the head ot the government." I presume there can bo no objection at Washington tn my maintaining now, as 1 imve always done before, ihe principles on which Iho Nn 1i01.nl administration stands; nnd with questions of mere Ntato policy you must allow mo to iy tne administration lias no rightful concern. ' What consequence will follow Ihe recent break in the party is more than I can tell ; but I feel reasonn- uiy utuumi'iiv Mini ii ino is run mum ifniuournin nnu o fair field, and the Kreesoil Democrats wmr. nnt lighting under false colors, iheir ticket cnuld not gt votes onough tn help tho Whigs through with their nominations. But we have not got a fair field. The Washington Union, while professing to speak the sentimotils of the Administration, has thrown its weight on the side of the Kreesoil ticket. It has undertaken to de cide upon the regularity of our conventions, and lo sit in judgment npoo questions of mere State policy. It takes the side of those who have once proved faith WOMAN?' RldllTS A MONO THI HoTTKHToTS. Tlli3 fe male Hottentots are nt once tho l uipi and most ill used of women. The priest, when he marries Ihem, ' blesses ihem, saying "May you live happy, and year 1 a-yenr benr n son, who may live to ben good hunter nnd a wnriior." H is needless to siy that this wish is not always gratified, bo long as her husband exists, the Hottentot woman is tho slnvu and drudge of the hut, and on her devolves the task of providing for the sustenance nf the f unity, while ihe husband eats, drinks, smokes and sleeps- When the Hottentot woman becomes a widow, she must continue so for life, unless she chooses in purchase n husband at prico which, according to our notions, is something morn than tno delights of a wife in Hottentot matrimony Would warrant. The Hottentot son, on coming of nge, is presented with a cudgel, with which he is commanded to beat bis mother; and this request is verv dutifully complied with by tho son, in order to manliest nis strengin nnu ninny, .pim some youtns are nrone to evince their manhood by smoking cigars and swraritii profanely. It is strati ao ibat the moth er, Ihougli often fainting under tbe cruol beatings of the son whom sne tins nursca ni nor bosom, does not reproach him, but admires bis manliness nnd dexterity 111 propirtion 10 tne cnasusoiueni. Cumowa. An exchange paper inysi In die year 10 10, ihe Legislature of Maryland enacted a law making a denial of the Godhead of any nf the throe persons ol the Trinity punishable bv death: nnd for any reproachful words spoken of ihe Virgin Mary, the wtiipniuB-mist aud Imprisonment, at the pleasure ot Ihe lord proprietor. 1 111s an may do rean in alt 111 breadth in Macon a taws, ntid is aim mioroe lenrlh and less to the party, and put the Union in jeopardy, and in the District of Columbia, although abrogated in denounces moso wno nave an along supported the I Maryland by tne adoption 01 me now commuuon. The following wo copy from the leading article in (he New York Tribnnt, of Saturday. We are afraid there is more truth than poetry In it. That roads not yet finished, must look at home fur tbe means to com plete them, appears very evident. Some of them will succeed in getting through, and some will stick nnd remain in ttatu quo for perhaps years. Meanwhile, we must go to work on our own hook, and cukati tho materials that nre needed, and which we now buy of Europe. 'I his is now a necessity, and cannot be post-polled. Rut read the Tribune' introductory remarks on this subject 1 The other day wo referred to the foct lhat there were various classes of our community who were now looking anxiously for the depletion of the Treasury, nud whose true course toward relief was to be found in the direction we then Indicated. Among ihem nre the men iu Wnll-st., who havo purchased railroad bonds and find them now declining in value the va rious bodies throughout the country lhat have incurred debts lor tbe construction ui roads, and now bud themselves obliged to pny one und a half and two porcent , and even more, per mouth, for postponement of the day of payment and many Companies who find themselves with roads hall completed, and are at this moment Intully uncertain how they can obtain the menns of finishing them and the yot more numerous bodies of people wno have mnde roads on paper, and think that their lands would bo doubled, irebled, or quadrupled in value, if they could only find a market tor die bonds they are ready lo create. IVmool these people can now sell their commodity. 1 E tch fresh arrival from Europe brings wilh it some Jeremy IH Wer, with news confirmatory of ihe fact that the larceoi ttamng the Wind has been Inirly and fully played cut, tint the curtain has fallen, ami that ihe European world has no further occasion for bis services. He reports to his employers lhat wherever he baa deemed it expedient to put his usual question " Havo yon a shilling In your pocket f "Iho answer has been made wiih thumb on nose and crookingof the lingers. Tho day for bond is over, not lo return, ns he says, as n : i I after the next revolution. Oilers of six, ci 'lit, or even ten per cent, will not induce ihe binker lo expand hi heart or unlock his cho.st. His coders nre already tilled with railway bonds, und even State stocks remain utmegotiaio t, n burden on his hands The late Pennsylvania loan still troubles tbe Roths rbilds and the Hiring, win find themselves forced to choose between continuing to hold and selling at a loss; and tinder these circumstances, what is ihe chance for half-made railroad T Hut little, nn we think. Tbe stoppage of the sdeof bonds is likely to do plain the Treasury without the aid of the Secretary. and liaeiy, 100, 10 stop numerous roads 1 lint have liecu begun, nud ihe beginning of many lhat have been projected, are mucli iiueded, and would grenlly benelit ihe owners of property in many parts nf the rountry. Under these circumstances, it may not tie amiss to imk the attention of the holders of bonds to nn tuoiirv, why it is that their commodity, so lately in brisk de mand, will nn longer sellf Tne more of n commodity in market tne Wa u the disposition lo buy it, even at low prices, and pat Men larly when it is of n kind llint may lie increased ad n-finitum, A succession of good crops nf cotton produce tho idea that die quantity must go on lo increase from year lo year, aud then the price tall below tim cowl ot un 111 uc 1 11 mi, diiu iiiu iJUiiurr if ruoitr iv niiui, -- house in this city may produco distrust by using its credit too freely, and tho strongest nation in the world may destroy its credit hy isxiinig too many nttromi bonds. Ono loan in Europe ha heeu followed bv nn other, nnd each in succession has hern followed by a larger one, until capitalists abroad have been led t the conclusion that ihe line would, like that of Mac bath's kings, beslrrtchedoul "to craca of doom," nnd the hnvn nnturallv become alarmed, while Ihe Itirui interest now offered lends only to increase the distrust already existing. Why is it, now, that we have found ourselves compelled lo negotiate so mstiy ionua, airmen-in our credit until it is nlreadr cracked, preparatory ns we fear, tn its beine utterly broken f BeomiBO we closed up our mdls, and forced ourselves to go nbrosd in pursuit nt cloth lhat should have oeen innuo luiunw. Hecrttlse we closed up oiir mines, and forced ourselves to go abroad in pursuit of lead, with which the vast region of the Went so much abounded. Becaiino we closed up our furnaces, and forced ourselves to go .be. ml in Bench of nir. iron, iheraw materials of which are found in every pnrt of the Union, and in many of tlinm in nn abundance not lo bo paralleled in any other nimrter of the world. Because we closed up our roll ing nulla, and determined to go abroad to obtain bars I REPRESENTATIVE! DISTRICTS. Ashtabula Ellwell. froesoil. Anbl.itid Emerson, dm. Adams Jesse Ellis, dem. Allen Crites. dem. Athens 8. B. Prtiden, dem Auglaize Heliuout Fimlley, Miinp-law dem ; Clea ver, Mniuo-lnw whig. lirown w. r. Urown, dem, Hutler Win B Van Hook, dem. Carroll E. R. Eckley, whig. Champaign .Limes M. Miitinnd, dem. Clark Good fellow, ind. whig. Clermont J01111 P. Emery, dem. Clinton Thomas D. Austin, whig. Columbiana Wm. P. Morris, dem.. Henrv Hussin. dem. Coshoctou John A. Pierson, dem. Crawford M I'. Bean, dem. Cuyahoga James Towsley and B. D. Burton, fu- sioniats. Darke Evnn Bnknr, dem. Didnwnre John Converse, dem. Erie Harvey Fowler, whig, Fairfield Porter, dem. Fnyetto Jese Worthington, whig. Franklin Alex. B. Thompson, dem ; Hiram Hen dren, dem. Gallia A. Logne, whig. Geauga Lester Tnylor, freesuil. Greene J. G. G-st, ind. whig. Guernsey Thomas Oldham, dem. H imilton John N. Ridgwuy, Jos. E, Egley, John B. Kraulh, Hotiry H, Brown, Nelson Cross, E. H. Lang don, Dr. Thomas Wright, George It ihinnon, dents. Hancock Dr. Perk ley, dem. Iljrrisoo R. K. Price, whig. Highland Win. Miller, dem. Hocking R"iiben Hester, dom, H .lines T. S. Gilbert, dem. Huron A. R Segur, fusionist. Jackson and Vinton Judge Wm. G. Evans, whig. Jefferson Amos Jones, dem. Knox Jacob Mervin, dom. Lake 0. 0- Jennings, freesoil. Lawrence llenj Johnston, dem. Licking Alvan Warlhen, dent; A. Ii. Kogrr?, dem. Login Joseph Newell, whig. Lorain Walter F. Herrick, freesoil. Lucas nnd Fulton Samuel Dnrgiti, dem. Madison Cha. Philips, whig. Mahoning Jacob Musser, dem Marion E. Peters, whig. Medina B. H. Sibley fu-ion. Meigs Campbell, dem. Mercer and Vnti Wert F. LoBlund, dem. Miami L. N. Booher, dem Monroe Holland, dem. Mmitfiomerj Win. Gouty, dem.; Marcun Purrott, ileni. Morgan Jonah Walters, item, Morrow John I. Hurley, dein- Muskingum Jobu Metmlf, dem.; 8. McCnnn, dom Pnnldiiic, Defiance nnd Williams Perry John O'Neil, dem Pickaway Jese I) Oourtwrigh', dom Pike B R.Allen, dem. Purugc L. W. Cocbmn, dem. Preble Hnj. Hubbard, dem. Putnam nud Henry Jas Mackenzie, dent. Richland James Cautwell, dem. K tis Wm. Reeves, whig; John H. Davis, whig. 8 indusky A. J. Diakinson, dem. Scioto Huston, dem. Seneca John VV. Pain, detn. Shelby L"vi Houston, dnin. . Mirk Jacob W. Smiih.dom; John II. L Scott, dem Summit Peter O. Homers, fusion. Trumbull M. Burcbard.dom. Tuscarawas Union Joshua Judy, ind. whig. W irron DaniI Crane, dem. Washington Thomas Rosa, dem. Wnyue Bum V. Dean, dem ; J H. Downing, dem Wood nud Ottowa Addison ism mi, wing. Wyandot and Hir.ltn P. A Tyler, detn.) Lor.nfocos 7(1 Whigs 17 Fusionista and Kreennil-rs 1) alternative bat to lay the whole matter before the President and toko bis direction concerning it. You assume that, in relation to certain things, yon are to receive instructions from this department, Bnd in 01 tiers, mat you are to proceed without, or contrary to, such instructions. This cannot be admitted in any branch of the public service, for where the department is not expressly empowered to give instructions toaiihordinates, it has tbe authority to do so, us inherent in tho power to remove a refractory officer. Vou also assume that you are lo appoint various persona employed in tho Custom house some, as you admit, subject to my approval, and others as you seem to conceive, on your sole authority. I cannot but regard it as singular that a genileman of your acquirements and experience should have fallen into such error. The couatitution of tho United States baa empowered Congress to confer tbe appointment of inferior officers on the President ulone, in the courts of law, or in tho beads of departments. Congress has not attempted, nor, if it bad, could it have effected, any modi icaliunof this provision of tho constitution. Those who are employed under you in the Customhouse do, both by the constitution and tho luws derive their appointment and their authority as public offi cers from tho Secretary of tho Treasury alone. What the language and temper of your letter would have rendered embarrassing, these unwarrantable assumptions, marked, as they are, by a manifest spirit of insubordination, render impossible, namely: yoor continuance in the oflico of the collector of tbo district of New York. I am, therefore, directed by tbo President to say - that your successor in thut oflico will be promptlyappointed. i have the honor to be, very reapectiuliy, JAMES GUTHRIE Grieni 0. BtioNson, Esq., Now York. BEATJTI FULLY SAID-Horace Greelet lately delivered an address before the Indiana State Agricultural Society. It is an able and instructive document. The concluding paragraphs aro very beautiful. The feeling which lie describes is one that does honor to humanity. Who that has "the shades of forty years" upon him has not had similar thoughts; As for me, long tossed 011 the stormiest waves of doubtful conflict and arduous endeavors, I have begun to teel, since the shados of torty years lell upon ine, the weary tempest-driving voyager's longing for land, tho wanderer's yearning for the hamlet, when? in childhood be nestled by his mother's knees, nnd wns soothed to sloop on her breast. The sober down hill of life dispels many illustous, wbito it developes or strengthens within us Ihe uttacbtnent, perhaps long smothered or overlaid, for "Hint dear hut, our home." And so I, in ihe sober afternoon of life, when its sun, if not high, is still warm, have bought me a few acres f laud iu the broad, still country, nnd bearing thither my household treasure, havo resolved to steal from the city's Inborn and anxieties nt least one day in each wcea, wherein to revive as a lirmer ihe memories of my childhuod's humble home, Aud already I realize that the experiment cannot cost as much as it is worth. Already I lind in that day's naiet nn antidote and a solace for the feverish, festering cures of the weeks which environ it. Already my brook murmurs a soothing evening song to my burning, throbbing brain; and my trees, gently stirred by the fresh breezes, whisper to my spirit something of their own quiet strength and patient trust in God. And thus do I ftinily rouble but for a brief and filling day. the serene joy which shall irradiate tho farmer's vocation, when , I cuiar and truer education shall have relined and hastened his animal craving, and when science shall havo endowed him with her treasures, redeeming labor from drudgery, while quadra .dins its efficiency nud crowning with beauty and plenty our bounteous, beneiicont enrin. A FAIR OF HAPPY POETS. Elizabeth Browning, whom high critics have styled the greatest of female poets, living or dead, resides with her husband at Rome. Mr. Hilliard, in his "Six Months in Italy," describes ihem and their happiness in ihe following language: "A happier home, and a more perfect union than theirs, it is not easy lo imagine; and this completeness arises not only from the rare qualities which each pus susses, but trom their adaptation to each other. It rowing's conversation is tike tho poetry of Chaucer, or like his own simplified and made transparent. His countenance is so full of vigor, freshness and refined power, that it seems impossible to think lhat ho can ever grow old. His poetry is subtle, passionate and prnlouml; hut ue himsell is simple, natural and playful. He has the repose of a man who 1ms lived much in the open air, with no nervous u densities aud no unhealthy self-consciousness. Mrs. Drowning is, iu many respects, the correlative of her husband. As be is full of manly power, so she it a tvpe of the most sensitive and delicate womanhood. She has been a great sufferer from health, and the marks of pain nre stamped noon her person nud manner. Her figure is sliiht, her countenance expressive of genius nud sensibility, shaded by h veil of long brown locks; nnd her tremulous voice often flutter over her words like the flame of dying candle over the wick. I have nver seen a human frame which seemed so nearlv n trausunrent veil for a celestial and immortal spirit. She is a soul of fire encased in a shell of pearl. Her rnro and fine genius need no seltiug forth ut my hands. She is also, what is uot so generally known, a woman of uncommon, my, profound learning, even measured by a masculine standard. Nor in she more remarkable for geuius and learning than for sweelnOMs,f temper, tenderness of henrt, depth of feeling nnd pviiy of spirit. It is a privilege 10 Know sum neings singly and separately; hut to see their powers quickened nnd their happiness rounded by the sacred tie of mnrrtQfEo, is a cause for noL'iilinr and lasting gratitude. A uTu.m sucomolete ns theirs in which lite mind has nothitv to crave, nor the heart to sign for is cordial to behold, wd soothing to remember." Thousand of Mrs. Browning's admirers in n.ii roun. try will be delighted to hear that one, at lenst, in their literary fnvori'ea is enjoying part of her bappineit 00 this side ol tne gravo. Home Journal. Total... ...no THE LETTER OF DISMISSAL. As we lmve given the enrrop mdence between Mr hu in ait: and Mr. HnoNsns, we finish the work today by copying 1 he list nf the scries, being tbe lett wherein the serretnry uotifie Ihe collector thut his services nre no long' r required, Tho following will be rend with interest, us identifying the President i nil these movent' ills which have been so dinreputabi to the American character: WAsiitKOTos, Oct. 22. 1853. Sir I hnve ncuvt d your letter ! ihe 17th iniatit i in not my purpose to repond lo the many positions nl H:iL letter, be oie omit nt them bear lb"ir contra du'tion upon its face, and other nre loo unimportan' lo reipiUB reiutn ioii; nud nlso becnuse, while, 111 several iiiris" of it, admitting ymr implied obli; iti.m n- luiii of honor to net pi accordance Willi the known policy 01 iiioiitnn Mir,in,iri,aod moreover, reeognisii-g llio propriety of that policy by declaring that you yourself deprecated nud endeavored lo prevent ill' livisioufl now ousting tn the Democratic part of vmir Sta'e, yon neverdielesa indnlgi d Iu a tenor of remark an lo various relation of tho subject which not only impugns my motives, but indicates an attitude on your pait wholly Incompatible with harmonious rn opera tion Ivtween us, and the proper ronduol of the bust-n"s of iho government. One siiLrcesiioii appears in your letter whirh de-nands titpnin (version, Ymi allege y .mpticni ion lint I have desired you to appoint trees nl 'n to ullice; md iu so dntnir, yon strangely inUuiidcia'nnd or misinterpret my letter ol die XI iut. I neither entertained nor expressed nny such desire, t has been my plenoure and my duty not to inquire into the opinion which may have been held by yourself and others, n far back an the year 18 18; but lo regard the claims to consideration of nil who act wilh fidelity 10 the principle und ornnniaiion of tho Dem octniio party since the convention at Baltimore 111 1852, and there only. Ami with I bene views I must condemn your course, when hi (his letter ymt inform me lhat you have selected r roesmb-rs lur tdhco, with out having given mo the nuih'oof the fuct. which would havo enabled mo to withhold my approbation from any such appointments. I will add (h it tho imputation, thai 1 have requirrd you to act with reference to controversies id a local or Hinto character, is wholly gintuitou. My letter! wns intended to guard against distinctions between Democrats, founded upon local politics and lorn I di- 1 visions. Tbe concluding pnrlmn of your letter has left mo no Nipoliok's Last Ykab. About a year before i dotlh sudden change took placo in the daily hahity ot lMpoieon. His belter angel nail wuispered into ins ear and carried solace, and contentment to ins neart. He no Ion go r secluded hims If from the world. He weut among his fellows a a man should mix with Ihem. and ns nn Emperor might, there is work go ing on in tits garden, ihe gardeners are very busy, especially iho Chinese nn industrious ruco. Napoleon takes his place among them. He uses his spado with the rst, and (be children ol unnnt Itertrand are playing about him while ho dig'. Fowls trespass on the grounds, and make fne with the favorite flower beds. 1 ue imperial game nor settus ior nis gun, snoots the trespassers dead, and then proceeds with bis work superintending the raising of nod walls in this place, the formation of reservoirs in another. Vision of the ol I time come ncrosa him while he labours, and lie traces nut ou the ground of his littlo garden, plant and tieldworks for defensive operations, lo tho edification of his olli car and attendants, who group about him as bo explains hi ideas, Day after day, for a brief but happy interval, the gardening continues. Every man in the house has a spade in his hand, aud Napoleon is very busy putting in seed. He breakfasts iu hie gar den, srnds messages to ihe orderly ottlcer for carls, shovels and apmlea, and when Iho orderly officer looks iu Into in the evening he finds tbe great man still busy wiih hi innocent and healthy occupation ; and be sure lie will be in good lime next morning, for the snid offi-eer writes lo the Governor, in hi daily report nf the f h "f May, 1 8 JO : "General Bonaparte has got a lurg bell which he rings, and immediately upon this -;' nal all the servants turn out lo work in the gardens." In less than n vear after this seti;etice was wntten, Nn-poleon died. Where ho was li nt burird, and where he now lies, the world knows. Had bo maintained, during the whole of his six years' banishment. Ibe dig nilied nnd simp.e bearing which ho nssumed for a few weeks in his little garden, Mr Forsyth's book wonld not have been necessary, and there would have been n sanctity in our recollections of tbe last days of the still immorlal Napoleon. Lnnilm Timet. Fanny I-VrVs Opinion p Sunday. Sunday should lie tbe best day id nil 'ho seven; not ushered in with atretic form, or lengthened face, or stiff and rigid maini'rs. Sweetly upon the still Sabbath nir should floit the matin hymn of happy childhood i blending widi early song of birds, and wafted upward, with (lowers' incense, to Him whoso very nnme ta lovk. It ilioutd bono day for puzzling the ball developed hrnin ol childhood with gloomy creeds, to shake tho simple biith that pnmip's the jniiecent tips to sny, "Our Kai her." It idioold bo no day to sit upright on stiff-bicked chairs, tilt llio golden sun should snt. No ; the birds should not he morn welcome to warble, tho llower to drink in the nir and sunlight, or the trees to toss their liiho limbs, free and fetterless. ' I'm so wry that to-morrow is Sunday!" From whence does this hnd lament issue T From under otir roof, oh mis. taken hut well menning Christinn parents; from tho Hps 01 vonr cinm, wnoin you compel to listen to two ir three unintelligible sermon, sandwirhed between Suml tyschnols, and fmihed oil nt night-fall by tedious repetitions of creeds an I catechisms, 'til slo- p releases your weary victim! iu wonder your child thuddtrt wli'M ihe minister tens mm that " Henven is one eter nal Sabbath." I lh, mistaken parent! relax Ihe overstrained bow prevent the fearful rebound, aud make the Uddmth what (md riraigned tt, not a weariness, but the "iV.iJ'" nnd happiest day of nil tbo seven Mmical Timet. Death a Giieat Lev hi fit. As Alexander tbe Great wa mnrehiim wiih pomp at Ihe bend of his mighty army, he pais. d where Diorone in his tub, wns very iniently engaged in examining, arranging and rearranging a heap of h-mea. The conquerer, musing Ids hosts lit halt, thus spo-io; "What doit thou h"ro Diogenes?" Tbo cynic replied, " I have hern the bones of ihy father Phillip, from which I am trying tn separate those of bis lowest servant; but for tho life of me I oannot determine which is which."

lj Ay VOLUME XLIV. COLUMBUS, OHIO, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 1, 1853. NUMBER 10 lUcckln Oljio State lounial 18 PUII.IPIIKD AT COLUMBUS EVERT TUESDAY H0Rm.NO, Bf BCOn BASCOM, tOnVAL lUILDIffH, mqil AND PtlU RTUlIt BmUMDI OH USB- TERMS Invariant in admita: In Corambua, i20O.r.v; V) mail, 1 GO; oliitMol four and Qpmnls. ,1.2b i often Mill up-arj, l.0O. Till', 1IAII.T JOUIINAI, U furnMiol to eltj inhKribm at WOO, nil t,y mall at A'i.IK) a year. TUH TK1-H KKKI.V JOURNAL U (3.00 Jr. ItA TE8 OFADVKR TWIN fTTiv THE WEEELY JOURNAL plaqaarw, Kaquam, S nittara. column, M aolutun, i aoiumn, llnllln .a.nl.n f 0 t I 8 K), 7C1 00 1 261 75a 253 W4 01)6 006 60S 00 761201763 1163 604 0116 008 003 1X1111. 10. 1 00 1 76 2 269 604 606 00.3 60 8 0011. 1 26 2 26 3 60 4 00 6 00 6 00 8 0010. 14. ehatunaMo DionlhlT, 20 a year; waealy clianK-ablii quarterly ehaDireabl. quarterly ehuigvabla quarterly .j . , . . .j jioo. 10 llnM of thli BlsM tyr I wesxroeil asqaare AdrertlsemenM, otdrred on the luitds exclusively, dnultl the above rate. Ail imdX notices cbarswl double, aud meMiwd a If solid. iltisccllcmt). THE BOND-MAIDEN ; Or THE MERCHANT'S HEART Matthias, tbe Levantine merchant, had spent his whole life, from his buy-time upward, in Irnveling for the sake of gnin, to the Bait and to the West, end to the islands of the South Hens. He hod rn turned to his native plnce. Tarsus, in the full vigor of manhood, and was reported to havo amassed great wealth. Hit first step was to m ike a prudent cad upon the governor, ana to present him with a purse and astring of pearls, in order to bespeak his good will. He ihnu built him self a spacious palace in Hie midst of a garden on the borders of a stream, and began to lend u qutet 111'?, resting after tho fatigues of hi ninny voyages. Most persons considered tiitn to be the happiest of merchants! but those who were introduce!, to his inti- mucy knew that his cotistnut companions were thought and sadness. When he had departrd in b's youth, he had left his father and mother, bis brother and sisters, in health, although poor; hut when ho ro-turned in hopes to gild the remainder of iheirdayi, he louud that the hand ol dentil bad fallen upon them every one, and that there was no one to nhnro his prosperity, and a blight came over his heart. The gossips in the bn.nurs soon began lo talk of his case, and it was then lint ilnnnn the Christian tailor one liny said in a loud voice to his opposite neighbor, the Jewish money changer, "1 will lay the value of my stork that the morchnot Manillas wi;l find consn- hit ion in marriage ; that ho iH chum tin' most beautiful of our maidens, uud that lie will found u family which mtall lie eeieiirntrd in iljii r,vy on long ns it postniit) endure." To this the Jew replied : " What is the value of diy sleek 7 Three jackets returned upon ihy hands, n rusty pair of scissor:, an old stool and mnin thread. Verity, ihe risk is not great." The Christian said a prayer or two to himself, that ho might mil curse hn neighbor, and tluin answered: "1 will throw in Zurifee, the ebony black girl wlinm t bought Inst spring to follow my wile- wliun she goes out with little Gorges to itie gardens. Wliat sayest llinu now?" The Jew pondered awhile, loaning his grey bnnrd on tho breast of his catan. Ho rememln'rod thatfirty years before, ho too, had returned from travel with his .. money bugs, and had found bis house desoluto; und that he had devoted himnelf ever since to moody re- iiecii.ii, ami to tne ueapitig ot mahoou'j upon mahbmib .. Tbe thought had therefore become lixoil in bis mind that whim the middle time of lilo comes, there can remain no n tier lion in the heart, either of a Christian, or of Jew, or of Mahommcdan, but of gold. ISo be said: " IM tho odd a be equal. I wilt venture five hundred pieces against thy live hundred pieces, that within live years the merchant M-itthias does not take to his bosom a wife." " Agreed!" cried the Christian. The neighbors were called in as witneMoi, and every ono laughed at the absurdity of the dispute. Matthias was not long in learning that a wager had been laid upon his future life; and, in passing through the bnnzar, he stepped ono day and said sternly to tho Christian tailor: "Son of rtiHhnuss, why hatd thou risked more than the whole of thy savings upon a matter which is only known to Heaven? I have looked upon all the maidens of my poople, and no emotion his stirred within. Verily thou wilt become a prey to this .lew." " My lord," replied the tailor, smiling, " It is impossible for a good mau to remain all bis life alone. If thon wilt com to my house and see my wife and my little Georges dancing in the arms of tho ebony Mark girl. Zariefeli, thou wilt surely relent and seek at once to be us I am. 1'erhaps thou hat not well looked around fieo. There is Miriam, the daughter of our baker, who is of majestic presence, being as big an thyself. iShe will suit thee to a hair, and, if thou de-sirest.tny wife shall mako proposals lor thee this afternoon." Matthias laughed and frowned, and went on, and the Jew chuckling in his beard said, "O, II anna, for how much wilt thou free thyself from thy wager? Wilt thou pay a hundred pieces and let nil bo s.nd T" Hut tho Christian replied: "Infivo years, Saint I'bi lnten wore away a stone ns big ns ibis stool with his kisses and her tearsin five years tho heart of this man may melt." Matthias went not on his way unmoved, after his conversation with the Christian tailor. He brgan to think that perhaps, indeed, he was woaring away hi life uselessly in solitude. There was certainly no beauty and no satisfaction in that manner ol being. It was better lo take to himiflf a companion ; but whiro find horT Amongst nil tho frivolous daughters of Tar sus, was there one with whom lis would not be more lonely than with htrasrll? Their mothers had taught them nothing but love of dress, and love of themselves How could their capricious and selfish natures find pleasure in communion with a man whom this world had tore tried, and who widi"d to wait iu tnreknes and in patience for the world to rouipT Thone meditations disturbed Matthias, but (hey did not render him more unhappy. They occupied his mind they relieved the monotony of nit existence they prevented him from always turning his eyes iu ward upon himself they forced him to look abroad. Ho went to the houses of his friends, and once more studies tho perfections and imperfections of their daughters. His object was so mauifes!, thut the joke went around that he wished to save the Christian tailor from mill. People jested with the Jew as they brought In their money to change. lUit although Matthias mw many beautiful girls who threw the gin tires of their almond'slmped eyes encouragingly towards him, bo saw none tiuii pleased hit heart; and suddenly retiring from society, shut himself up for a whole yi ar in his palno, seeing nob iiiy, nnd taking back meluii-rholy and discontent for his only companions. At length Matthias began to feel tho desire of change, and made it a practice every morning to have his mule addled and ride out to the base ol the mountains; atid then, putting foot to ground, to wander until evening amidst tho rocks ana valleys. On one occasion, he wont so fur that he could not return to where he had left liia mule and servant before n'ghtfall, nnd lost his way. Alter going hither and thither for some time, he was compelled to sock the shelter of a rave, and to watt until morning. Bleep overtook him, and bo did not wnke until the tun's rays, slanting through a clelt of the roc t, played upon his eye lids. He got up, and having siid his prayers, went forth, and beheld a heautihil green meadow stretching along the banks of tbe stream which eamo from a narrow gorge at no great distance. He did not recognize his whureahouts, and was doubtful of finding bis way back, until be saw, at the further end of the meadow, some o Meet moving rapidly to und fro. It was a young girl chasing a cow that bad osctiped from her, and ran with a cord tangled about its horns in the direction of Matthias. " Ah I " said he, " I will catch this unruly nnimil, and thon make its keeper point nut to nie the direction ol Tarsus." So he tuck ed up his robes; and being strong and vigorous, soou came up to the cow that was wantonly galloping hither and thither, and brought it to a standstill. "May blessings ugni upon my sturdy arms, stranger, taken their morning drink, and the girl was sitting on tho bank laughing at him, and wreathing a crown of flowers to deck the horns of Naharah. "Thou dost not know thy nw business, said she to Matthias, as he came up out of breath ; whereupon he began to curse the cow which hod led him that dance, and to think that ho hid modo himself ridiculous iu the eyes of the girl, H iwover, they were soon sitting Ride iy side in pleasant talk, and mo mercnaut learned that the name of the bond maiden was Oarine. liy this time he had quite made up his mind to marry her, if she would havo him; but although reflecting upon his wealth and her poverty, it seemed scarcely probable that she should refuse, his modesty was bo great that he dared not venture to talk of love. They parted early, ond Matthias went away, promising to return on the morrow. He did so; and for many weeks continued these meetings in which, for tho first time since his youth, he found real happiness. At length one day he took courage and told Cariuo that lie intended to tako her nway and marry her, and make her the mistress of his wealth. " My lord," said she, with simple surprise, "has madness stricken thee? Dust thou not know that lama bond maiden, nnd that there is no power that can free nm? " " Money ran free, thee, child," said Mutthias. " Not so," replied she, " lor it is ati anciont privilege of this monastery that bondsmen and bondswomen hall for ever appertain to it. If nny freeman casts his oyes upon one of us, and desires to marry her, he must quit hi statu and become n slave, be and his de scendunts forever, to the monastery. This is why I was nut married last year to Skandar, the porker, win olliired twenty pigs for my freedom, but wiio refused to give up his liherty." Matthhis internally thanked Heaven for having given nn independent spirit to tbe porker, and replied, smiling, " Believe mo, Cartno, that the fathers lovo money ihry nil do and I shall purchase thoe us my wife." " It is nonsonite," said she, shaking liar fiend, " I liny refused twenty pigs," "I will give twenty sacks of gold, baby," cried Matthias, enraged at her obstinacy. Carine replied that bIio whs not worth bo much ; und that if she were, it was no use talking of the matter, for the fathers would not sell her. " Jiy oatut ftlaron! exclaimed Matthias, " I can buy their whole monastery." Ho was mistaken. Tho monastery of Solnfka was tbe riclicHt in all tho east, and the b ad of i( was thu mos' willed men. Hecutuhorl tho propositions of the merchant who went straight to him that very day by saying that on no account could the liberty of Oarine bo granted. " If thou wouldst marry tier," said be, looking, as Matthias thought, moro wicked than n demon, " thou must give up nil thy wealth to us, and become our bond inn n." With this answer the lover went sadly away, und returned to Tarsus, saying to liimM-lf, "It is impossible to give up, not only the gains of my liK but even my liberty, for tho sako ol this cow girl. 1 must try to iWffet hr. S i Im went back anions his friend, and ben in again to walk in the bai zirs. When the Jew saw him, ho cried out, " Ihiil, oh wise man, that will nut burden himself with the society of n woman. " Hut the merchant frowned Murk upon li'iti, and turned away; and to the rnrprise id' all tho ueighlmrs. went arid snt d iwn by llio side of tin Christian tailor, and, taking his baud, whispered to him : " Close thy shop, my fuend, and lead me, tint I may sen, n thou ilidM prouiis". thy wife nnd thy rhiM." "Which cliiMT" siid tho tnilor. "I have now three, tltirge, J.iahet, and Hunnn." " All of tliMiri," mid Malibins ; " nnd nlso tho ebony-bl.ick girl, Zurileh " " Oh !" said the tailor, " I havo set her froi, nnd she ts married to (he pudding sellor, round tho corner." "It seems," mid Matthias to himself, that 'it is the law ol Henven that every oin nhall marry.' The tailor shut tin his sh o nnd took the merchant home and showed him bis domestic wealth tint is to Buy, his pretty wife, his three stout children, anil a con! black girl called .ira, who was knuu ling bread in tho court vnrd. " My trtend, ' said Matthias, " what woulds thou du if the powerful were to sny to thee, thou must be d-ptivpd of alt this, or loin : hy lib orty nnd become a slave." " Liberty is sweet," replied the tailor, shrugging his nhouMers; "yet some live wituout it, nut none can live without love." Toon this the merchant went home to his palaoe and mounted his mute nnd rode to the monastery, wlu-ro be found the court yard full of people. " I am eome," said he to one of tho hither whom he met in the gangway, "to give up my liherty ami my wealth tor the sake ol Ountic. It is ion bite," was tho reply; "Skandar, the porker, haijustdrivonin all Ids pigs, nnd they are pot-ling the chain upon his neck iu the chupul, and alt these people that thou seest collrcted are lo be witnesses of his marriage with Cirine." AUtthins smote his breast with bis bands, and the sides of his mule with his heels, nnd galloped through the crowd shouting out that n"hody should he made a slave that day but he. L he duel t.r the monastery, on learning what wus the matter, smiled nnd said, that "the porker had a previous claim; but the monks, who, perhaps, looked forward lo tho enj .ymei.ts which tho merchant's wealth would nlford l;;ein, ingeniously suggested that ho had tbe best claim ho had hesitated least. Citrine's opinion was nsknl; and she seeing botu of tier suitors resolved, hearilepsly condemned ihe enamoured porker to liherty, and said: "I.et ihe chain bo put up n ihoneckof tho merchant " Tho ceremony was immediately performed, and, whilst the bead of the convent was preparing to begin the more ; interesting rite of the inarri n.'o, brother H nig, treasu-' rerof tho moimsiery, sot otf to take an inventory of the wealth which bud thus fallen under bit jurisdiction.It is said that Matthias never gave a single lle-uht to his Inst property, boinsj too much abtorbrd in contemplating die charms of the beautiful Carine. The only stipulation ho made was, that he should ba al lowed lo go out to the pasturages with her, and next morning, he found himself, in sober seriousness, hnlp ing to drive Niharah and its companion down to Ihe wiiier'a side. Me uiwhilo the governor of Tarsus heard wb.it had happened to Matthias, and was stricken with rage, nnd c iusod his mule to be saddled and his guards to bo mounted, and set forth to tbe monastery m il summoned the chief, saying, " Know, O .Monk, that Matthias is my friend ; mid it cannot be that he shall bo thy slave, and that ail l is wealth shall be transferred from my ... .i. . . ij.. in i i i 1 hey octUpti d his I . , him frurn nmonnaf n." This tlavnrnur poke thus by reason of crrtain leans without interest lover anil above I ho purse and the strings ol pearls which the merchant had presented at his first coming,) wiih which .Matthias bad freely obliged the (iovernoi: who also hoped a e ntinnanre of ihe smie. Whereupon the chiuf of the monastery hid his hands nnd was humbled ; and the Governor nnd he parted with a good iiiidersliiniling and airreement. It fell out, lhorefore, that after a month of servitude Matthias and bis bride were called beforo an assembly of the whole monastery, nnd informed that ihe conditions imposed were simply for the sake of the trial. Nearly all the wealth of the merchant was restored to mm, and be was liberated and led back amidst ap plauding crowd to his palace at Tarsus. Of course lie made a liberal donation to the monastery, over and above a round sum which Hong the treasurer bad not found it in his heart to return with the rest. Iiina a just nnd generous man, be not only relieved the Jew from tho c on seo ounces of his wager, but made such presents to thu Christian tailor, that ho bad no longer any need to ply tho needle for his livelihood. Tradl tion dilutes with delight on the hippinoss which Oarine bNlowed on tier husband, who used always to say, " that with wealth or without wealth, with liberty or without liberty, she was sulliciont to bringcontent into any heuse, and to make the sternest heart happy." A SmiKinn StMii.it. A .Swissirav.sli'r describe a vil-i lageiutho Orison country, situated nn the slope of a great mountain, of which tho strata shelve in the direr-tion of that place. Hugo crags directly overhanging the vill ige, and massy enough to sweep the whole ol it into tho torrent below, have separated from tho main body of the mountain in tbe course of age by fissures, and now scarcely adhere to it. When they give way, tho village must perish; it is only a question of time, and the catastrophe may happen any day. For years past engineers have been sent from time to time to measure the width of tho fissures, and report them constant ly increasing. The villagers for more than one genera tion have been fully aware ot their danger J sobscrip MESSRS. BB0R80K AND GUTHRIE. The New York papers of yesterday brought us a reply from Collector ltronson to the recent letter of the Secretary of the Treasury. As we inserted tho latter, and as the controversy bus assumed much consequence in the party politics of ihe day, wo make room this morning for tho reply of llio Collector: National Intelligencer.The Reply of Collector Brcmson to the Latter of Secretary Guthrie. New Yore, Mompat, October 17, 18."3. Hon. Jama Guthrie, Secretary of tho Treatury : Sir: Tbe pressure of otlicial business and confine, me ut toaster, room have prevented an early answer lo your letter of the 3d instant. You first state, in substance, thai I have been under a pledge, which has not been redeemed, to distribute the ollices in my gift among di lie rent sections of the Democratic party, and (lieu prescribe the course you exprct me to pursue in futuro You do not complain that my appointees are not proper persons for the places they ncctpy, or that thy are not sound Do mo orats, sincerely attached lo the principles of thu party, and firm supporters of the Notioual Administration. ; Hut you think I have not properly regarded all sections ', of ihe party. When Mr. Dickinson declined tho Collectorhip of this port, in April last, I was asked by several friends' whether I would allow my name to be mentioned lo the President for tho place, and answered in the negative, I thought no more of the mutter until two days afterwards, when I saw in tho public prints a telegraphic despatch announcing my appointment. I bad two years before resigned my place as Chief Judge of I the Court of Ap penis, with tbe intention of never oain accepting o public nflice; and, grateful as I am for this new mark of confidence, I should have declined the appointment but for tho hiah opinion which I en tenanted of the 1'resident and his principles, nnd the assurance of friends that he earnestly drsired my acceptance of the trust. When I accepted the place, I bad never seen nnr had nny communication with tho President, and of course there were no pledges between us, save such an may be implied between honorable mi-n holding the like relation to each other. Ho had n right to expert that I would diligently and faithfully discharge ihe duties of the ullice, and maintain, iu all proper ways, the principles which restored tho Democratic party to power; and, bo long as I performed ilrtt implied obligation, 1 had n right to expect that his conlidenco in mo would not ho withdrawn. I have never com-pi uined that tho President has not discharged his part of the obligation, nnd am not conscious of having omitted to discharge my own You tell mo that the President and his cons'ituttonal advisers stand pledged before the world to the principles and policy laid down in llio Baltimore pl'itform and the Inaugural Address, "and had rt moil to believe that all genik men who consent d to accept oHico undr tho Administration sii.od pledged to the same principles and policy." I ngreo to Hint ; find, ulthotigli it is hut un implied pledge, I admit its full force. Hut il proves nothing lo the present purple; f,r there is not onu word, either iu ihe Italiimore platform or Ihe Inaugural Address, nboul distributing cilices among the ddl'-jrcnt sections of the party. If tho President "r his appointee are plrdned lo any sued distribution, yon must look to some other document to find evidence of th obligation some doi-nmen'. which I have never seen. It may bo inferred I'roiti'he aetmtf tho President that he regiirds as eligible to olli.'o nil Deinocru's who cor dially united on the Baltimore platform in 18o'i,nnd are niricereiy attached to die principles et ino party, although at some former period they may hive been out of the way. Tint is a proper rule. It in tho one on which I have arud in uniting ap:omtm -ni lonlllce; not bur an so I was under any pledge to do so, but because I thought the rule jus: in its If. Hut your letter pr coedsupou tho ground that I ohnuld go beyond the inquiry whether applicants foroflicn are pood Di?mo. crata now, and ascertain to what section they formerly belonged; and then make such a distribution of cilices between llio dilf-Tent sections that no one of them will havo just cause for coinpliiut. It U not only impossible to administer s-ich n rule ns that with success, but iho coiisyqui'iico of adopting it must bo that we shall never have one Democratic party, united upon a nroad imsis ot prit.cipte, but a mere contiinatioti or different sections, held together by no bct'er bond than ihe love of olli:e, and roidy to fill to pieces the moment one section thinks itself ngsrieved in lb" dis- trihuti'iti. Notwithstanding what has boon said, f think it would be found on a proper scrutiny that the section which has so loudly and bitterly conplained of injustice Inn received its full share of tho olli es which I have bestowed. It is undoubtedly true thai more appointments have been made from ono section of the party than from tho other; and a single reason wilt be sulliciont to show why it w,is proper to pursnelhat course. Most of the cuntom house appointments for this port have always been nude from the counties of New York and Kings, iu which are tho tbroo cities which form a part of the port. In 184ft Iho Democratic and Free soil vote in thosn counties bore tlm relation of mere than four for the former to ono for the hitler. Km in the t'reeioil vote should be deducted tho Whig-Abolition vole, which went iu the same direction. After making tho proper allowance on that account, I think It sale to conclude that not more than one out of stevon of the Democrats in those counties voted Ihe Kreesoil ticket in 18IH. In this view ol tbe matter I think it will be found that the Freeseil section is far from having just came lor complaint. I have acted in Hits liberal man' tier, not bffcau.se I was under any pledge, hut because I wished to do what I reasonably could to promote, tho harmony und continued airondaocy ot the pirty. It is p iSHhle that I am mis'aken in supposing (hat the Krees-n) section Ins got its full share ol the places ; for, in distributing ihs little ollices in my gilt, which have lor the most part got e among thorium and file ot the parly. I havo uritht-r had the time nor Iho incli nute in to do much by way ot investigating the antcce lentsof men who wore supposed lo be all rk'hl now. In reference io your remark upon the recent rupture of the pirty at Synca, that " the division could and ought to have Ir-cn prevented," it is enough fir mo to say tint I notouiy had no agency in bringing about that division, but 1 trinl to previ nt it. My counsel was given in lavor of the united action of th Conven tion, ami I nmerel hoped that harmony would prevail. II any Oovernment olluers are charg'-aMe Willi what took place at Syracuse, ihe burden must rest on those who were there ot w hom three were from this, city nnd not upon the Ooliec'or, who was at home nttetid big to the duties of bis ullice. I do not slate these things by way ol apoo?y. fur 1 have none to make; nor by way id courting favor, for 1 havo none to nk. You speak of 'the reunion of tho party in 18111,1 whiuo reunion was supposed to have been thoroughly cemented in the great and triumphant contest in IHIVJ " Although I aiden'ly desired a reunion, if it could bo effected upon principle, never approved tbe mode in which the attempt was made to bring about that desi-rableend. I thought then, and think still, that those who had deserted the Democratic standard in 1848, and thrown tho State and National governments into the hands of Ihe Whigs, nhould, if convinced of their error, return again to our camp without oiacting conditions, and should then ln treated with the utmost kindness. The party would then havo been strong, and we should have heard no tnoro about sections. But a veryditlercnt course was pursued; and tbe Kree soil lea 1 its came back, so far n they came at all, under a league or treaty b' tweon them and a few leading Democrats, with no stronger bond of union than an agreement to divide the olhces. The arrange ment was based upon no principle. The Krei-soil leaders were b f at liberty to adopt the course which they pursued; and, instead of amain hoisting the Na tional banner, luey marched into tdo Ueinorraiic camp with their own sectional colors flying, and lima became nn independent element iuihupurty. Indeed. !roiir letter proceed upon the ground that the party ins nil along been diud- d into sections; nnd consequently, that accounts must be balanced between them in the distribution ol oincea. All experience principles which restored the party lo power. It i. now a co laborer with Ihe Kreesoil prill's in tliis'State some ot which it so lately read out of the Democratic party. Though that print is not in ttsell or great importance, yet when tt professes, willl- nt rebuke, to do these things as the organ of di-; Administration, much mischief may be done. It matters liutu what disclaimers ihere may Im in private circles, so long as there is no public declaration that the pipr speaks without authority. However u,dinlu.,.i,t 'y th-i lec tion may terminate, the rrspousibility will rest upon others, and not npou rne. Lot me now n dice the time, manner nnd motive of your letter. As to timo. Il was after iho rupture and nomination of two lickots at Syracuse, and the two ratificadou meetings in this city; afier tho Collector had been denounced by Ihe Kreesoil leaders nnd presses, and the r resident hail been called upon to remnvo mm; ufior hungry olHueaeeker and bitter politicians had visited Washington to misrepres-Mit nnd traduce that nhVer, and to whoso clamors, ns you well know, he never made any reply; after the Union had taken ground against the ticket of iho National Democrats, and in favor of the ticket ot their opponents ; then it was that you first discovered en nun fur complaint of any Kind against the (Julloclor. Kou hud approved all his nominations, with a single exception, aud in that case the oflice was abolished Down to tbe receipt of your letter ot the 3d tnst., you hid n"ver intimated to the Collector, in any form, that you disapproved of his appointments, or of tho manner in which they had been disttibuted. As to tho manner- Yon did not pursue tho usual course, and issue n circular laying down ti uniform rule lor too fMvernmetit ot nit iHiiioin-honse olhcers having patre jge to bestow; but confined your instructions to iho wort of New York alone. If lh' doctrine of the letter is a sound one, it is ot-viondy proper ti;:U If stiouid lie applied in other places nn well ni Ipto ; and it should regulate the conduct of all eludes of govern meni miicurs navm patronngo to bentow. iMirshals, postmasters, district attorneys, and others, should act upon it in tho selection ut their deputies, clerks ami other agents. I will hero mention another fact of no littlo signifi cance. 1 ho next day alter the letter was written, i! was followed bv another, renuirinrr mo to submit for your approval the names of all the clerks proposed to be employed in tho bonded warehouses and public stores. In tins matter you not only departed from thu practice of all former Secretaries of the Tro isury who had left those appointments to llio sole dtscruiion of the Collector but, so far as I h ive learned, you again Inputted from thu unial course of iisuiug a circulir to all the. e dlectors at our groat ports, singled nut tho Collector nt New York, and prenorib"d a now rule fir him alone. The" facts noed no rommeiit ; they spatk tor themselves. A to tb motive of this movement let others judge. Tins i, I believe, tip firfit insinncin which a mernhtr of the Cabinet has interfered with the !iscr'tion of a collector, iniirshal, postm-mier, or any other Govern ment ofheer having patronage to bestow, and laid lown a rule f r bit government in ihe n-iection f hit leputies, clerks, or oilier i nls; and it rertindy is the first instance in which a public uilirer has borninstnict- I to go into an inquiry about sections, and see that a just dis'rihotioii of i dices wus made between them. l on have a right by luw to a ivo instruct! ns on many subjects coniiMCted wtwi the collection " the revenue. and such instructions it will he mv duty lo follow, lint vvht'D vou .'o beyond (hut, and undertake (o direct in matters which tho law has ronfi I d to my discretion, no such obligation xita. A lo some fiflicTS of (ho customs, the cd lector has the right of nomination, nnd the secretary the right of approval or rejection; and, as to oth-r olhcers. 'ho power ot appointment i vested m the collector alone ahall not interfere wi'h tho exerciso of our powers. and I trust you will render the like justice to mo. If you or any other hiidi ollicer of the government desi red the appointment of a particular individual, I need not say that it would give me great pleasure to comply Willi bis wishes; but I respectfully deny lhat you have any right t- issue instructions for the government ot my conduct in making selections lor nthco. So far us relate to the mere dispensation of patron age, without regard to my responsibility for ihe acts of the persons appointed, I would gladly transfer tho trust to another. I have no inste lor soon matters, and mvcomlort aspirations I have none would be great ly promoted il some one else would prrlorm the service for tne. Hut the law anil mv commission have cast the burden upon me, and I cinnot surrender it to another without a dereliction of duty. As you have given your letter to the prcKS, Baying "the subject ha public one," I shall give die same direction io uio answer. i am, very respectfully, your obedient servant, GItEHNB C. HRONHON VENICE-NO RUIN. , . v.. i . r i i i -i- noun unvo imru unto ur ih:o uiirinm iu iuu launum c lb. girl, running rat n, bre.ih nd ....w.ndniR ,, ; Hm , lhln , romv8 . y0, lUeJ lh. rope from Ui. cow . horn. - I rWii.rr.li had on. v, m tlloidoi,rai.d (wius, from yr., P"i il , ?u- j". J""-. . , , ., ,.,,. l"nilil Bin.t Ihr ullimnl. cominty and ,l,il7 ,.r,,b. And who could had it in heart to boa Ihoo child!' ,,,m , ,,,., , ,,, ,;, ln,,iri.!, .aid he ni.rch.u aa h. looked at her and wondered at ,,,, J , ,hir mf j, .' r H ' ri !, vi i .i loaaylinw inuchol'tlii. poinilar tal.liam i. exhibited " 1 '!. f.iiluTV aim ropli.' I. pn;lir' Nihnrih in the . ., , . , ' ' ,.r ... . . ; ,l direcii, ,n ,1,0 wa.iledI to . l,l,-MiK th.e, ,:;,;, ,,,., wlidl it iv... TIJ ,.. "J!U..i."ll)rr ""?' n i .1- i il j i .i and crevica III the nioun aiii, which overhang our Malth a, forgot all about Tat.i,., and wa Iked by the (lJ Hvi, fd, H,m, B .,.,.,, nr.c,m,l.tly id. of the girl. ..king n..i,..t,o, of her. II. learned ,,;,,, ,,J , , Jnir mtln noVer very tliat she was tho bond-mtiden of a monastery situated i ' J , ' : i ,.r ,ki that she was tho bond-mtiden of a monastery situated in moso mountains, and that tier duty was to take out the cows, and especially tins one, every morning lo the pasturage. "Dj not follow me," said alio, when they came to tho cntnuoe of the gorge from which the stream flowed i " for I am forbidden to talk with those whom I may meet." Mutthias thought awhile and then bade her adieu, having learned wttnt path he was to lotiuw, ana returned to ins palace tun ot nothing but the image of this simple bond maiden." "Verily," said ho to himself next mornins, "I forgot lo ask the name of that girl. I must learn it, in order that I may send her a recompense." Under this poor pretence, be mounted his mule and rode towards the mountains, and began his walk at tho usual place, and repaired to ihe cave and passed the night there, and was out on Ihe meadow beforo dawn. He soon saw four or five cows driven out to iho gorge, nnd ihe girl following Ihem. lending tho frohesomo Naharah. "There is no nerd for then to-day, sirsnger." snid she. smiling playfully, "unless thou wilt drive my herd down to the water to drink, and take care that the black one voei in first, or else she will gore tbe others." Upon this, Matibias took the braut li of a tree and began to cry "Hooi nno i" like a herdsman, and to neat tbe flanks of the black cow, which scampered away and led him a long chase around the meadow) so that he did not come back until all the other inimils bad reassuring we are morn and more convinced of the insecurity ot thrones and commonwealths, and politi cal sagacity wholly fail to reveal to us the manner of iheir reconstruction. let we live on in a kind o provisional safetv, reconciled to the constant neighborhood of dangers, against which apparently, we can no bet ter guard ourselvea than the villagers can prevent the fall of their rocks. Kdinbttrrh Review. A few days since, wo noticed a new work of deci ded interest, jrtiit published by Chart.es Scriiniti, and written by Fomunp Vi.kuQ, entitled 11 Tho City of the Sea." It is one of tho works that will live nnd he consulted hereafter. Mr. Kuoo was United Stiles Consul at Venice, and, as such, had access to much thai is interesting and important in tho history of that romantic city. The following sketch is one of ihe finest things wo have read for years: "The traveler at tho pres-nt day, when about to visit Venire, ex pec is to behold her a ruin- lloex pects lo find in hor a Tyre, a Todmor, a Palmyra of the oi ean j for ho has seen Iter compared lo each and to all of them, to say nothing of Babylon, and Nineveh, nnd Canhiiao, nnd Alexandria, and Thebes, and Mem phis, and Constantinople, nnd Atlin, nnd Home. He experts to see her, as depicted, nt ro poetically ibun truth fully, by a recent writer ' A ghost upon ihe sands of the sen, so we;ik, so quiet, so bereft of nil but her loveliness, that one might well doubt, ns he watch cd her faint reflection in the mirage of the Igone, which was the ci'y ttud which the sbatow;' nnd like him, perchance, ho thinks, that fain would he endeavor to trace tho lines of ibis image b-fnro it is forever lost, and to record, so far as hu may, llio warning which seems uttered by every one of the fast-gaining waves lint bent, like passing brlls, ngiimt tho stones of Venice.' He expects to find her, n portrayed by every writer he bus over read a tomb of the dead Past a mausoleum of buried centuries a wreck on the ocean sands of time n scone of drs ilatenens un changing of solitude unrelieved of silence unbroken, save by the dull nnd unfieijueot plash into her stagnant waves of tho marble ol her crumbling pal-act s. He expects, in fi'io, to behold tho doomed city in fll fulfillment of old Kaliero's terrific malediction: '.linking Into lh llm from which lio rose.' j " Ho is disappointed! Ho finds Venice no ruin no Titdmorof llio ocean no Tyre no Palmyra; ami he sighs, perchance, to discover thai tho touching nnd mourntiil romance nt desolation, wnu wun n ipt picture had been nhr led. owed more to the genius and the ftiocy of her pontic porrayers, than to nny reility of fm;t. Venice is no tomb no monument of the past no city of the dead no catacomb of silence und solitude and desolation. The fair bride of the seapro-si-nts not now, perchance, llio bright and lovely vision of centuries since, when weddtd by the ducal ring nnd tho papal benediction. Change, change has been busy widi hr, as with all else of earth. The fresh Hush of youth lias fled her cheek; threads of silver have besprinkled her uight-hlnrk Irenes; sorrow nnd humiliation and bereavement have left their sure, sad traces on her still stately and beautiful brow; and lite smile which, once nil light and j oyousnnia, illumined her sweet lace, though it yet lingers nnd plays like a halo of Ihe put, is as sad and as mournful as a broken hear I. Such is llio Orean (Jueenj but she is itf( no, she is not thai old nnd withered and toothless and wrinkled aud horrible bag which some would pMiit her. IShe is not llio ' weiid sister of a blasted h-ath ' tSlie is noi tbe foul witch of pmpheiic evocation, ur, if she be indeed a witch,' she is rather ' the witch of the Alps,' or 'ihe spirit of the sea.' whom the lapse of ages render only more lovely, rtfio is rat her tiu nm- Imol grtet, than tbe nemesis nt desolation. Unco a blushing ntid brilliant aud blooming bride, she now reclines a bereaved, yet still beauiilul matron, at the : the throne on which, centuries ago, she sat in state; at,d, with a mournful smile, looks out on the waves ol tbe blue Adriatic, which for tout; ages owed and owned no allegiance save tier own; and she still is, ns she tins been, ami will ever be Mia! rene- rid la Mia!'" HATRIMONY MODERN EXTRAVAGANCE, A correspondent who has "long been iu search of a will," oompiains sadly of the extravagance d modern times, and say that he has " more than once been on the point of utt'erinK his heart and hand, but has been d't erred by the prospect of an expenditure far beyond uis income, ana thus o a change tor tho worse, una uot f.,r tbe better." This is an old story , and one ibat we nave commented on ngitn and again i he com platut, moreover, is "oil jounded, und the extrava gance which characteriz, s rho modern mode of living in rep liable society, lias doubtless been the means ot making, not only many old bachelors, but mauv old maids. The fever is up just now, aud every one neems anxious to outstrip bra neighbor, llio prudrnt aud the timid look oo, not only with caution, but with ap prt h-nsion. They become acquainted wi'li the young und thu fair, are charmed with their society, und would readily tnke them " for better or for woro;" but they know Ihe actual position of their pecuniary nil airs, they are aware of lite uiicert.ii'.iieB of I rude, er.d they listen with surprise to the extravagant views ibat are expressed iu relation to matrimonial erfbibliHhments, according to the claims Hiid pretensions of a large portion of the gentler sex of the pro-oat day. Nothing will suit them but an abundant forluuuon the part of those who aspire to bocoma their protectors for life. And in this doctrine, too of'en. Ihev are trained as it wero by their parents. Thy are taught io uress extravagantly, to speuK extravagantly, and to boast extravagantly. In brief, the object seems to be. to elevate themselves, Dot only in a pecuniary, but a social point of view, above ordinary mortals; and to speak of the rest of m tnkind sneering! y and its inferior beings. In most cases these pretenders, having noth-in:; in particular to boast of, are empty, inilited, and arrogant, aud merely assume to tbornselveB positions to whirh Uiey are not entitled. Tho e licet, howover, is pernicious, uot only upon their own fortunes and feelings, but upon thoie ot their friends and admirers. They seem anxious to marry an establishment, rather than ns a matter of heart, feeling and reciprocity. And while tlioy aro tilted to flutter nnd bask in smiles of prosperity, they are utterly disqualified fur the frownstsif advtndty. They may do well enough as companions iu the hour of sunshine, but not so in tho Jay ot trial and storm. Wo can conceive, of no more imp.ir'ant matter than a proper manner of beginning life, or starting out iu the world. The moment lint an individual enters into the conditions of matrimony, and thus becomes ro-sp umMo for the maiutninanco of at least one other, he uliould govern himself accordingly, and with refer nuce not ouly to the present moment but lo future pro'.amiiiieH nnd contiuguuoios. in order to do ihis, however, and to live economically, and within his means, ho must be assisted by bis bettor half; otherwise, penury will soon come into the household, aud with it discord nnd unhappineBS. The pirtirs should consider all the fuel and chances beforehand, They should determine to live for themselves rather than for the out-door world, with a view to their coniiiined and permanent happiness, rather than to the gr.itiliention and iodulg-nco of n silly mid false pridv. Matrimony whould not be considered us a mere condition of bargain and sale. Higher and holier principles and purpuses should be associated with it. It is sometimes necessary that sncriticu should bo made; bur those, whuiiihe subject isrightly understood, aro moro hutt compensated for by reciprocity of feel ing. mutual confidence nnd sympathy, and tho inter change of atleclion. Hut the bride -nould n t expert all urn sarrihcesto be on ono side, one may bo called upon to yield som .'thing also aomothing iu dress, iu gay society, in many attentions, and in frequent intercourse with the out-door world. Hue may have been brought up indulgently, nnd her contemplated bus-band, however devoted and gonerous, may not posseis tho means to keep up this sy stem to the same extent. She should see and realize this fact, nnd make up her mind and her conduct accordingly. Then tho two will commence life understanding and relying upon arh other, nnd constantly anxious to promote their mutual fortunes nnd happiness. L-)t another ntid opposite course be pursued, aud the consequences ennnot but be disastrous. Lei I lie young wile, forgetful of Ihe true position of her husband, waste his substance, neglect her household, and appear moro anxious to attract attention in the fashion able promenades, Ibun to form tho presiding spirit of die domestic circle, and Iho dream ot fidelity, truth, confidence, and connubial bliss, will soon vanish, never to return. Our correspondent, however, who is ev idently sincere, must not be too faint-hearted. The giddiest bolls sometimes makes Ihe most devoted wife. Women often talk wildly and extravagant y, without meaning much. I hey oithor intend to Irightou the timid, or to teat their courage and sincerity. The first groat study is to touch ihe heart; that once accom pli uud, aud ail tno rest will bo comparatively easy. A wo mau who truly loves her husband will anldom trillo with his prosperity, or disregard his counsels. Hut alas! for tho deludod victim who mairies a model of extravagance, a sparkling enqueue, or a giddy fasti-innable und who neither secures her respects nor nf feet ions. He binds himself for life to tbe careless, tbe ind'tf-'reitt, (he proud aud unfeeling and thus makes in home, uot a constant resource nnd perpetual retreat, but a spot to be shunned and avoided. Misgiv ings, misunderstandings and recriminations, will tnke place daily and hourly, and the matrimonial cup, which was looked to as (bo source nf unmitigated nttss, win be realized ns lull ot bitterness and disappointment. And yet " it is not good to be alone." Wo men, ton, in the groat majority id casos, are yielding nnd tractable, aud the vast multitude may be won by anenii n, Kindness, ooniuence nnd truth. lo bn In id over tho coul and iron mines of Pennsylvania and Mirylatid, Virginia and Ohio, Indiana and Illinois. Bemuse we determined that it was cheaper to obtain hemp from (he interior of Russia llian to grow it in Kentucky or Missouri. Tbe more cloth, iron, lend and hemp we had to get from abrcad the more bond we hud to give in exchange, aud we have carried out the operation un'il we have exhtused our credit, and our bonds will no longer sell. MEMBERS ELECT OF THE LEGISLATURE. Wo hive nearly completed our list of members elect. and now give it ns it stands on our table. We have uot obtained the first nntnes in every instance, and a very few dulric's u-e md yet beitrd from. When the list is complete wo will re publish it in tho corrected form : SENATORIAL DISTRICTS. 1st Hist. II lmibon, 3 Senators Ge t. H. Pendletou, John Schiir. and Win. K. Confers; dems. 'J. Butler and Warren Granville W. Stokes, dem. 3. Montgoru-ry and P'-eble Henry Shideler, dura 4. Clermont and Brown M. H. Davis, dem. 5. Greene, Clinton and Kayelte Isaac B. Wright, wing. u. Uoss and Highland John M Barrere, whig, 7. Adums, Pike, Scioto and Jackson Thomas MeCauslin, dem. J. Lawrence, G dim, Meigs and Vinton Anderson, dem. 9. A'U-us. Hocking and Knlrfie d Lot L Smith, dem. 10. Franklin and Pickaway Samuel Barttit, dem. 11. Clark, Ch'impaign nnu Madison Henry W. Smith, whig. 15. Miami, Darke and Shelby l.'J. Logan, Union Marion and Hardin William Lnwrence, whig. H. Washington and Morgan Harley Lnflin, dem. lfi. Muskingum and Perry II. J. Jnwott, dem. JO. Delaware nnd Licking Charles Kollott, dem. 17. Knox and Morrow J.T. Creigh, dem. IU. Coshocton and Tuscarawas H. William, dem ID. Guernsey ami Monroe W. J. Sinclair, d"tn. 2D. B dmoutniid Harrison Divid Allen, whig. 21. Carrol mid Stark ft. J. Atkinson, dem. 2i. .! iVursiin ami Oolumbiaua .. K. Williams, dom. S3. Trumbull and Mahoning Ira Norris, dem. 21. Anh'iibula. Lako aud Geausn L. S. Shermau. freesuil. 25. Cuyahoga J H.Foole, fusion. 2fi. Portage nnd Summit Upson, fusion. 27. Medinnaud Lorain N. 8. Townsend, freesoiler. 28 Wayne aud Holmes J. Hockinbery, dem, 2!i. Ashland aud Richland I). Uiblet, dem. 3d. Huron, Erie, Sandusky and Ottowa A. G. Sut ton, dem. 31. Seneca, Crawford and Wyandot R. Lee, dem. 32. Mercer, Auglaize, Allen,' Van Wort, Paulding, Defiance and Williams Judge Taylor, ind. dem. 33. H inenck, Wood, Lucas, Fulton, Henry nnd Put- iiniu H. H. aioedmm, dem. 35 Senators. , icofocos Off Whigs 7 Freea'jil o Tot, I , .35 TO HOLDERS OF RAILROAD BONDS. At aliternrv dinner in London, where Thackeray and Angus B. tench were vit a tit at the tradable, Thackeray who had never before met Mr. Reach addressed him as Mr. Reach pronouncing tho name ns its orthography would naturally indicate. " He ark, sir, Ito-ack, if you please," said Mr. Beach, who is punctilious upon having bis name pronounced in two syllables, ns if spelled IM-nk. Tbuckerny of course apologised nnd corrected his pronunciation ; but in the coumo of the desert, he took occasion In band piste of fine pearlies across i lie table, say ing, in a lone which only he posset sed, " Mr. Ite-ak, will yon lakea pe-akt" Haphnkss. Nothing Is purer than honrsty nothing Bweeter than charily nothing brighter than virtu noiuing warmer man love anu no in ing more Bieunm than faith, These, united In one mind, form Ihe purest, the sweetest, the richest, the brightest, the holiest and ihe most steadfast happiness. nroves that such a coalition ns wns formed in lfl-ltt c never be thoroughly cemented. Sooner or later it will r.ii i i .1 1...-I..- r r of dissolution. It is not, therefore, any matter of ns-t'iniahmont that the ''rouniou'1 was dissolved nt the lute Syracuse convention. After tho league ot 1 il l!) had been broken, and the two sections had again become separata parties, in form ns well a subitauce. It became necessary for me, ns a citizen ol New York, to make my choice between Ihe two tickets which hud been nominated. My roa sons for preferring one and rejecting Ihe other are be fore the public, and no nno nas me rigm to impnio to me nny other motives than (hose which I have avowed. I re in; ted one ticket because the nomination hnd been effected by menus which no honest man could approve, nnd because the nominees had been brought forward by men who had been hostile to what I deemed (he best interests of the State in relation to tho canals. 1 approved the other ticket because llio nominees were right on the question of State policy, and because lliese who supported It were "contending for the principles which restored the Democratic party to power, aud placed Krauklin Pierce at the head ot the government." I presume there can bo no objection at Washington tn my maintaining now, as 1 imve always done before, ihe principles on which Iho Nn 1i01.nl administration stands; nnd with questions of mere Ntato policy you must allow mo to iy tne administration lias no rightful concern. ' What consequence will follow Ihe recent break in the party is more than I can tell ; but I feel reasonn- uiy utuumi'iiv Mini ii ino is run mum ifniuournin nnu o fair field, and the Kreesoil Democrats wmr. nnt lighting under false colors, iheir ticket cnuld not gt votes onough tn help tho Whigs through with their nominations. But we have not got a fair field. The Washington Union, while professing to speak the sentimotils of the Administration, has thrown its weight on the side of the Kreesoil ticket. It has undertaken to de cide upon the regularity of our conventions, and lo sit in judgment npoo questions of mere State policy. It takes the side of those who have once proved faith WOMAN?' RldllTS A MONO THI HoTTKHToTS. Tlli3 fe male Hottentots are nt once tho l uipi and most ill used of women. The priest, when he marries Ihem, ' blesses ihem, saying "May you live happy, and year 1 a-yenr benr n son, who may live to ben good hunter nnd a wnriior." H is needless to siy that this wish is not always gratified, bo long as her husband exists, the Hottentot woman is tho slnvu and drudge of the hut, and on her devolves the task of providing for the sustenance nf the f unity, while ihe husband eats, drinks, smokes and sleeps- When the Hottentot woman becomes a widow, she must continue so for life, unless she chooses in purchase n husband at prico which, according to our notions, is something morn than tno delights of a wife in Hottentot matrimony Would warrant. The Hottentot son, on coming of nge, is presented with a cudgel, with which he is commanded to beat bis mother; and this request is verv dutifully complied with by tho son, in order to manliest nis strengin nnu ninny, .pim some youtns are nrone to evince their manhood by smoking cigars and swraritii profanely. It is strati ao ibat the moth er, Ihougli often fainting under tbe cruol beatings of the son whom sne tins nursca ni nor bosom, does not reproach him, but admires bis manliness nnd dexterity 111 propirtion 10 tne cnasusoiueni. Cumowa. An exchange paper inysi In die year 10 10, ihe Legislature of Maryland enacted a law making a denial of the Godhead of any nf the throe persons ol the Trinity punishable bv death: nnd for any reproachful words spoken of ihe Virgin Mary, the wtiipniuB-mist aud Imprisonment, at the pleasure ot Ihe lord proprietor. 1 111s an may do rean in alt 111 breadth in Macon a taws, ntid is aim mioroe lenrlh and less to the party, and put the Union in jeopardy, and in the District of Columbia, although abrogated in denounces moso wno nave an along supported the I Maryland by tne adoption 01 me now commuuon. The following wo copy from the leading article in (he New York Tribnnt, of Saturday. We are afraid there is more truth than poetry In it. That roads not yet finished, must look at home fur tbe means to com plete them, appears very evident. Some of them will succeed in getting through, and some will stick nnd remain in ttatu quo for perhaps years. Meanwhile, we must go to work on our own hook, and cukati tho materials that nre needed, and which we now buy of Europe. 'I his is now a necessity, and cannot be post-polled. Rut read the Tribune' introductory remarks on this subject 1 The other day wo referred to the foct lhat there were various classes of our community who were now looking anxiously for the depletion of the Treasury, nud whose true course toward relief was to be found in the direction we then Indicated. Among ihem nre the men iu Wnll-st., who havo purchased railroad bonds and find them now declining in value the va rious bodies throughout the country lhat have incurred debts lor tbe construction ui roads, and now bud themselves obliged to pny one und a half and two porcent , and even more, per mouth, for postponement of the day of payment and many Companies who find themselves with roads hall completed, and are at this moment Intully uncertain how they can obtain the menns of finishing them and the yot more numerous bodies of people wno have mnde roads on paper, and think that their lands would bo doubled, irebled, or quadrupled in value, if they could only find a market tor die bonds they are ready lo create. IVmool these people can now sell their commodity. 1 E tch fresh arrival from Europe brings wilh it some Jeremy IH Wer, with news confirmatory of ihe fact that the larceoi ttamng the Wind has been Inirly and fully played cut, tint the curtain has fallen, ami that ihe European world has no further occasion for bis services. He reports to his employers lhat wherever he baa deemed it expedient to put his usual question " Havo yon a shilling In your pocket f "Iho answer has been made wiih thumb on nose and crookingof the lingers. Tho day for bond is over, not lo return, ns he says, as n : i I after the next revolution. Oilers of six, ci 'lit, or even ten per cent, will not induce ihe binker lo expand hi heart or unlock his cho.st. His coders nre already tilled with railway bonds, und even State stocks remain utmegotiaio t, n burden on his hands The late Pennsylvania loan still troubles tbe Roths rbilds and the Hiring, win find themselves forced to choose between continuing to hold and selling at a loss; and tinder these circumstances, what is ihe chance for half-made railroad T Hut little, nn we think. Tbe stoppage of the sdeof bonds is likely to do plain the Treasury without the aid of the Secretary. and liaeiy, 100, 10 stop numerous roads 1 lint have liecu begun, nud ihe beginning of many lhat have been projected, are mucli iiueded, and would grenlly benelit ihe owners of property in many parts nf the rountry. Under these circumstances, it may not tie amiss to imk the attention of the holders of bonds to nn tuoiirv, why it is that their commodity, so lately in brisk de mand, will nn longer sellf Tne more of n commodity in market tne Wa u the disposition lo buy it, even at low prices, and pat Men larly when it is of n kind llint may lie increased ad n-finitum, A succession of good crops nf cotton produce tho idea that die quantity must go on lo increase from year lo year, aud then the price tall below tim cowl ot un 111 uc 1 11 mi, diiu iiiu iJUiiurr if ruoitr iv niiui, -- house in this city may produco distrust by using its credit too freely, and tho strongest nation in the world may destroy its credit hy isxiinig too many nttromi bonds. Ono loan in Europe ha heeu followed bv nn other, nnd each in succession has hern followed by a larger one, until capitalists abroad have been led t the conclusion that ihe line would, like that of Mac bath's kings, beslrrtchedoul "to craca of doom," nnd the hnvn nnturallv become alarmed, while Ihe Itirui interest now offered lends only to increase the distrust already existing. Why is it, now, that we have found ourselves compelled lo negotiate so mstiy ionua, airmen-in our credit until it is nlreadr cracked, preparatory ns we fear, tn its beine utterly broken f BeomiBO we closed up our mdls, and forced ourselves to go nbrosd in pursuit nt cloth lhat should have oeen innuo luiunw. Hecrttlse we closed up oiir mines, and forced ourselves to go abroad in pursuit of lead, with which the vast region of the Went so much abounded. Becaiino we closed up our furnaces, and forced ourselves to go .be. ml in Bench of nir. iron, iheraw materials of which are found in every pnrt of the Union, and in many of tlinm in nn abundance not lo bo paralleled in any other nimrter of the world. Because we closed up our roll ing nulla, and determined to go abroad to obtain bars I REPRESENTATIVE! DISTRICTS. Ashtabula Ellwell. froesoil. Anbl.itid Emerson, dm. Adams Jesse Ellis, dem. Allen Crites. dem. Athens 8. B. Prtiden, dem Auglaize Heliuout Fimlley, Miinp-law dem ; Clea ver, Mniuo-lnw whig. lirown w. r. Urown, dem, Hutler Win B Van Hook, dem. Carroll E. R. Eckley, whig. Champaign .Limes M. Miitinnd, dem. Clark Good fellow, ind. whig. Clermont J01111 P. Emery, dem. Clinton Thomas D. Austin, whig. Columbiana Wm. P. Morris, dem.. Henrv Hussin. dem. Coshoctou John A. Pierson, dem. Crawford M I'. Bean, dem. Cuyahoga James Towsley and B. D. Burton, fu- sioniats. Darke Evnn Bnknr, dem. Didnwnre John Converse, dem. Erie Harvey Fowler, whig, Fairfield Porter, dem. Fnyetto Jese Worthington, whig. Franklin Alex. B. Thompson, dem ; Hiram Hen dren, dem. Gallia A. Logne, whig. Geauga Lester Tnylor, freesuil. Greene J. G. G-st, ind. whig. Guernsey Thomas Oldham, dem. H imilton John N. Ridgwuy, Jos. E, Egley, John B. Kraulh, Hotiry H, Brown, Nelson Cross, E. H. Lang don, Dr. Thomas Wright, George It ihinnon, dents. Hancock Dr. Perk ley, dem. Iljrrisoo R. K. Price, whig. Highland Win. Miller, dem. Hocking R"iiben Hester, dom, H .lines T. S. Gilbert, dem. Huron A. R Segur, fusionist. Jackson and Vinton Judge Wm. G. Evans, whig. Jefferson Amos Jones, dem. Knox Jacob Mervin, dom. Lake 0. 0- Jennings, freesoil. Lawrence llenj Johnston, dem. Licking Alvan Warlhen, dent; A. Ii. Kogrr?, dem. Login Joseph Newell, whig. Lorain Walter F. Herrick, freesoil. Lucas nnd Fulton Samuel Dnrgiti, dem. Madison Cha. Philips, whig. Mahoning Jacob Musser, dem Marion E. Peters, whig. Medina B. H. Sibley fu-ion. Meigs Campbell, dem. Mercer and Vnti Wert F. LoBlund, dem. Miami L. N. Booher, dem Monroe Holland, dem. Mmitfiomerj Win. Gouty, dem.; Marcun Purrott, ileni. Morgan Jonah Walters, item, Morrow John I. Hurley, dein- Muskingum Jobu Metmlf, dem.; 8. McCnnn, dom Pnnldiiic, Defiance nnd Williams Perry John O'Neil, dem Pickaway Jese I) Oourtwrigh', dom Pike B R.Allen, dem. Purugc L. W. Cocbmn, dem. Preble Hnj. Hubbard, dem. Putnam nud Henry Jas Mackenzie, dent. Richland James Cautwell, dem. K tis Wm. Reeves, whig; John H. Davis, whig. 8 indusky A. J. Diakinson, dem. Scioto Huston, dem. Seneca John VV. Pain, detn. Shelby L"vi Houston, dnin. . Mirk Jacob W. Smiih.dom; John II. L Scott, dem Summit Peter O. Homers, fusion. Trumbull M. Burcbard.dom. Tuscarawas Union Joshua Judy, ind. whig. W irron DaniI Crane, dem. Washington Thomas Rosa, dem. Wnyue Bum V. Dean, dem ; J H. Downing, dem Wood nud Ottowa Addison ism mi, wing. Wyandot and Hir.ltn P. A Tyler, detn.) Lor.nfocos 7(1 Whigs 17 Fusionista and Kreennil-rs 1) alternative bat to lay the whole matter before the President and toko bis direction concerning it. You assume that, in relation to certain things, yon are to receive instructions from this department, Bnd in 01 tiers, mat you are to proceed without, or contrary to, such instructions. This cannot be admitted in any branch of the public service, for where the department is not expressly empowered to give instructions toaiihordinates, it has tbe authority to do so, us inherent in tho power to remove a refractory officer. Vou also assume that you are lo appoint various persona employed in tho Custom house some, as you admit, subject to my approval, and others as you seem to conceive, on your sole authority. I cannot but regard it as singular that a genileman of your acquirements and experience should have fallen into such error. The couatitution of tho United States baa empowered Congress to confer tbe appointment of inferior officers on the President ulone, in the courts of law, or in tho beads of departments. Congress has not attempted, nor, if it bad, could it have effected, any modi icaliunof this provision of tho constitution. Those who are employed under you in the Customhouse do, both by the constitution and tho luws derive their appointment and their authority as public offi cers from tho Secretary of tho Treasury alone. What the language and temper of your letter would have rendered embarrassing, these unwarrantable assumptions, marked, as they are, by a manifest spirit of insubordination, render impossible, namely: yoor continuance in the oflico of the collector of tbo district of New York. I am, therefore, directed by tbo President to say - that your successor in thut oflico will be promptlyappointed. i have the honor to be, very reapectiuliy, JAMES GUTHRIE Grieni 0. BtioNson, Esq., Now York. BEATJTI FULLY SAID-Horace Greelet lately delivered an address before the Indiana State Agricultural Society. It is an able and instructive document. The concluding paragraphs aro very beautiful. The feeling which lie describes is one that does honor to humanity. Who that has "the shades of forty years" upon him has not had similar thoughts; As for me, long tossed 011 the stormiest waves of doubtful conflict and arduous endeavors, I have begun to teel, since the shados of torty years lell upon ine, the weary tempest-driving voyager's longing for land, tho wanderer's yearning for the hamlet, when? in childhood be nestled by his mother's knees, nnd wns soothed to sloop on her breast. The sober down hill of life dispels many illustous, wbito it developes or strengthens within us Ihe uttacbtnent, perhaps long smothered or overlaid, for "Hint dear hut, our home." And so I, in ihe sober afternoon of life, when its sun, if not high, is still warm, have bought me a few acres f laud iu the broad, still country, nnd bearing thither my household treasure, havo resolved to steal from the city's Inborn and anxieties nt least one day in each wcea, wherein to revive as a lirmer ihe memories of my childhuod's humble home, Aud already I realize that the experiment cannot cost as much as it is worth. Already I lind in that day's naiet nn antidote and a solace for the feverish, festering cures of the weeks which environ it. Already my brook murmurs a soothing evening song to my burning, throbbing brain; and my trees, gently stirred by the fresh breezes, whisper to my spirit something of their own quiet strength and patient trust in God. And thus do I ftinily rouble but for a brief and filling day. the serene joy which shall irradiate tho farmer's vocation, when , I cuiar and truer education shall have relined and hastened his animal craving, and when science shall havo endowed him with her treasures, redeeming labor from drudgery, while quadra .dins its efficiency nud crowning with beauty and plenty our bounteous, beneiicont enrin. A FAIR OF HAPPY POETS. Elizabeth Browning, whom high critics have styled the greatest of female poets, living or dead, resides with her husband at Rome. Mr. Hilliard, in his "Six Months in Italy," describes ihem and their happiness in ihe following language: "A happier home, and a more perfect union than theirs, it is not easy lo imagine; and this completeness arises not only from the rare qualities which each pus susses, but trom their adaptation to each other. It rowing's conversation is tike tho poetry of Chaucer, or like his own simplified and made transparent. His countenance is so full of vigor, freshness and refined power, that it seems impossible to think lhat ho can ever grow old. His poetry is subtle, passionate and prnlouml; hut ue himsell is simple, natural and playful. He has the repose of a man who 1ms lived much in the open air, with no nervous u densities aud no unhealthy self-consciousness. Mrs. Drowning is, iu many respects, the correlative of her husband. As be is full of manly power, so she it a tvpe of the most sensitive and delicate womanhood. She has been a great sufferer from health, and the marks of pain nre stamped noon her person nud manner. Her figure is sliiht, her countenance expressive of genius nud sensibility, shaded by h veil of long brown locks; nnd her tremulous voice often flutter over her words like the flame of dying candle over the wick. I have nver seen a human frame which seemed so nearlv n trausunrent veil for a celestial and immortal spirit. She is a soul of fire encased in a shell of pearl. Her rnro and fine genius need no seltiug forth ut my hands. She is also, what is uot so generally known, a woman of uncommon, my, profound learning, even measured by a masculine standard. Nor in she more remarkable for geuius and learning than for sweelnOMs,f temper, tenderness of henrt, depth of feeling nnd pviiy of spirit. It is a privilege 10 Know sum neings singly and separately; hut to see their powers quickened nnd their happiness rounded by the sacred tie of mnrrtQfEo, is a cause for noL'iilinr and lasting gratitude. A uTu.m sucomolete ns theirs in which lite mind has nothitv to crave, nor the heart to sign for is cordial to behold, wd soothing to remember." Thousand of Mrs. Browning's admirers in n.ii roun. try will be delighted to hear that one, at lenst, in their literary fnvori'ea is enjoying part of her bappineit 00 this side ol tne gravo. Home Journal. Total... ...no THE LETTER OF DISMISSAL. As we lmve given the enrrop mdence between Mr hu in ait: and Mr. HnoNsns, we finish the work today by copying 1 he list nf the scries, being tbe lett wherein the serretnry uotifie Ihe collector thut his services nre no long' r required, Tho following will be rend with interest, us identifying the President i nil these movent' ills which have been so dinreputabi to the American character: WAsiitKOTos, Oct. 22. 1853. Sir I hnve ncuvt d your letter ! ihe 17th iniatit i in not my purpose to repond lo the many positions nl H:iL letter, be oie omit nt them bear lb"ir contra du'tion upon its face, and other nre loo unimportan' lo reipiUB reiutn ioii; nud nlso becnuse, while, 111 several iiiris" of it, admitting ymr implied obli; iti.m n- luiii of honor to net pi accordance Willi the known policy 01 iiioiitnn Mir,in,iri,aod moreover, reeognisii-g llio propriety of that policy by declaring that you yourself deprecated nud endeavored lo prevent ill' livisioufl now ousting tn the Democratic part of vmir Sta'e, yon neverdielesa indnlgi d Iu a tenor of remark an lo various relation of tho subject which not only impugns my motives, but indicates an attitude on your pait wholly Incompatible with harmonious rn opera tion Ivtween us, and the proper ronduol of the bust-n"s of iho government. One siiLrcesiioii appears in your letter whirh de-nands titpnin (version, Ymi allege y .mpticni ion lint I have desired you to appoint trees nl 'n to ullice; md iu so dntnir, yon strangely inUuiidcia'nnd or misinterpret my letter ol die XI iut. I neither entertained nor expressed nny such desire, t has been my plenoure and my duty not to inquire into the opinion which may have been held by yourself and others, n far back an the year 18 18; but lo regard the claims to consideration of nil who act wilh fidelity 10 the principle und ornnniaiion of tho Dem octniio party since the convention at Baltimore 111 1852, and there only. Ami with I bene views I must condemn your course, when hi (his letter ymt inform me lhat you have selected r roesmb-rs lur tdhco, with out having given mo the nuih'oof the fuct. which would havo enabled mo to withhold my approbation from any such appointments. I will add (h it tho imputation, thai 1 have requirrd you to act with reference to controversies id a local or Hinto character, is wholly gintuitou. My letter! wns intended to guard against distinctions between Democrats, founded upon local politics and lorn I di- 1 visions. Tbe concluding pnrlmn of your letter has left mo no Nipoliok's Last Ykab. About a year before i dotlh sudden change took placo in the daily hahity ot lMpoieon. His belter angel nail wuispered into ins ear and carried solace, and contentment to ins neart. He no Ion go r secluded hims If from the world. He weut among his fellows a a man should mix with Ihem. and ns nn Emperor might, there is work go ing on in tits garden, ihe gardeners are very busy, especially iho Chinese nn industrious ruco. Napoleon takes his place among them. He uses his spado with the rst, and (be children ol unnnt Itertrand are playing about him while ho dig'. Fowls trespass on the grounds, and make fne with the favorite flower beds. 1 ue imperial game nor settus ior nis gun, snoots the trespassers dead, and then proceeds with bis work superintending the raising of nod walls in this place, the formation of reservoirs in another. Vision of the ol I time come ncrosa him while he labours, and lie traces nut ou the ground of his littlo garden, plant and tieldworks for defensive operations, lo tho edification of his olli car and attendants, who group about him as bo explains hi ideas, Day after day, for a brief but happy interval, the gardening continues. Every man in the house has a spade in his hand, aud Napoleon is very busy putting in seed. He breakfasts iu hie gar den, srnds messages to ihe orderly ottlcer for carls, shovels and apmlea, and when Iho orderly officer looks iu Into in the evening he finds tbe great man still busy wiih hi innocent and healthy occupation ; and be sure lie will be in good lime next morning, for the snid offi-eer writes lo the Governor, in hi daily report nf the f h "f May, 1 8 JO : "General Bonaparte has got a lurg bell which he rings, and immediately upon this -;' nal all the servants turn out lo work in the gardens." In less than n vear after this seti;etice was wntten, Nn-poleon died. Where ho was li nt burird, and where he now lies, the world knows. Had bo maintained, during the whole of his six years' banishment. Ibe dig nilied nnd simp.e bearing which ho nssumed for a few weeks in his little garden, Mr Forsyth's book wonld not have been necessary, and there would have been n sanctity in our recollections of tbe last days of the still immorlal Napoleon. Lnnilm Timet. Fanny I-VrVs Opinion p Sunday. Sunday should lie tbe best day id nil 'ho seven; not ushered in with atretic form, or lengthened face, or stiff and rigid maini'rs. Sweetly upon the still Sabbath nir should floit the matin hymn of happy childhood i blending widi early song of birds, and wafted upward, with (lowers' incense, to Him whoso very nnme ta lovk. It ilioutd bono day for puzzling the ball developed hrnin ol childhood with gloomy creeds, to shake tho simple biith that pnmip's the jniiecent tips to sny, "Our Kai her." It idioold bo no day to sit upright on stiff-bicked chairs, tilt llio golden sun should snt. No ; the birds should not he morn welcome to warble, tho llower to drink in the nir and sunlight, or the trees to toss their liiho limbs, free and fetterless. ' I'm so wry that to-morrow is Sunday!" From whence does this hnd lament issue T From under otir roof, oh mis. taken hut well menning Christinn parents; from tho Hps 01 vonr cinm, wnoin you compel to listen to two ir three unintelligible sermon, sandwirhed between Suml tyschnols, and fmihed oil nt night-fall by tedious repetitions of creeds an I catechisms, 'til slo- p releases your weary victim! iu wonder your child thuddtrt wli'M ihe minister tens mm that " Henven is one eter nal Sabbath." I lh, mistaken parent! relax Ihe overstrained bow prevent the fearful rebound, aud make the Uddmth what (md riraigned tt, not a weariness, but the "iV.iJ'" nnd happiest day of nil tbo seven Mmical Timet. Death a Giieat Lev hi fit. As Alexander tbe Great wa mnrehiim wiih pomp at Ihe bend of his mighty army, he pais. d where Diorone in his tub, wns very iniently engaged in examining, arranging and rearranging a heap of h-mea. The conquerer, musing Ids hosts lit halt, thus spo-io; "What doit thou h"ro Diogenes?" Tbo cynic replied, " I have hern the bones of ihy father Phillip, from which I am trying tn separate those of bis lowest servant; but for tho life of me I oannot determine which is which."